Titel
One-Humped History: The Camel as Historical Actor in the Late Ottoman Empire
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Abstract
This article explores the so far little explored animal dimension of the significant social, economic, and ecological transformations that occurred in Western Anatolia in the late Ottoman Empire. It focuses on how the use of the hybrid, one-humped “Turcoman” camel transformed the way in which trade and transport operated in the region. In light of Ottoman, Turkish, and European sources, it suggests that the camel was a visible yet often underestimated actor in the incorporation of Western Anatolia into global markets and integrating the camel as important history-shaping actor into the historical narrative allows us to better grasp the complex relationships that existed between humans, nature, and technology and to change the way we think about the Ottoman Empire.
Stichwort
animal historycamelsOttoman Empirerailroadstransportation
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1215468
Erschienen in
Titel
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Band
53
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
0020-7438
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Seitenanfang
57
Seitenende
72
Publication
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
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