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Transportation Technology and Imperialism in the Ottoman Empire, 1800-1923 (Shot Historical Perspectives on Technology) - Softcover

Mentzel, Peter

 
9780872291461: Transportation Technology and Imperialism in the Ottoman Empire, 1800-1923 (Shot Historical Perspectives on Technology)

Synopsis

Peter Mentzel reveals how the introduction of transportation technologies in the Ottoman Empire between 1800 and 1923 was influenced by the political goals of both foreign powers and the Ottoman State. The introduction of steamships and railroads to the Ottoman Empire demonstrates the complex relationship between technological development and imperialism within a specific sociopolitical context.

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About the Author

Peter Mentzel is a historian and Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, Inc. He has published extensively on the nineteenth and early twentieth century social and political history of the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire.

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