The nexus of urban governance and human migration was a crucial
feature in the modernisation of cities in the Ottoman Empire of the
nineteenth century. This book connects these two concepts to
examine the Ottoman city as a destination of human migration,
throwing new light on the question of conviviality and
cosmopolitanism from the perspective of the legal, administrative
and political frameworks within which these occur.
Focusing on groups of migrants with various ethnic, regional and
professional backgrounds, the book juxtaposes the trajectories of
these people with attempts by local administrations and the
government to control their movements and settlements. By combining
a perspective from below with one that focuses on government
action, the authors offer broad insights into the phenomenon of
migration and city life as a whole. Chapters explore how increased
migration driven by new means of transport, military expulsion and
economic factors were countered by the state's attempts to control
population movements, as well as the strong internal reforms in the
Ottoman world.
Providing a rare comparative perspective on an area often
fragmented by area studies boundaries, this book will be of great
interest to students of History, Middle Eastern Studies, Balkan
Studies, Urban Studies and Migration Studies."
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