Origins of a consumer culture in an early modern context : Ottoman Bursa

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buir.advisorGer, Güliz
dc.contributor.authorKarababa, Eminegül
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:05:10Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:05:10Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies on the origins of the modern consumer culture generally focus on the early modern western context with the inherent assumption that today’s modern consumer culture had its origins in the early modern west. This study examines origins of an early modern consumer culture in a non-western context; Ottoman Empire between the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries and investigates how particularities of the context shaped a different consumer culture. Specifically the study focuses the town of Bursa. In the Ottoman context, social structure provided differences from the previously theorized western contexts concerning consumer culture phenomena. Ottoman context had a different dominant class and relatively high level of upward mobility among the ranks. Ottoman dominant class allowed the entry of lowest echelons and had intergenerational downward mobility. Multiple data sources including archival data were used to conduct this historical research. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques were complemented. Findings show that indeed an early modern consumer culture in a non-western context existed. In addition, the characteristics of the Ottoman social structure shaped a different Ottoman consumer culture both in terms of appropriation of different categories of goods and the processes of fashion and diffusion of goods.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKarababa, Eminegülen_US
dc.format.extentxiii, 208 p, illustrationsen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB099285
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29793
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectConsumer cultureen_US
dc.subjectFashionen_US
dc.subjectSocial structureen_US
dc.subjectMultiple modernitiesen_US
dc.subjectOttoman Perioden_US
dc.subjectLeisure activitiesen_US
dc.subjectLuxuryen_US
dc.subjectBursaen_US
dc.subjectClothingen_US
dc.subjectHome furnishingen_US
dc.subjectCoffeehouseen_US
dc.subjectBathen_US
dc.subject.lccHC495.C6 K37 2006en_US
dc.subject.lcshConsumption (Economics) Bursa (Turkey) History.en_US
dc.titleOrigins of a consumer culture in an early modern context : Ottoman Bursaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Administration
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

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