Distant Ties
Subtitle: Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and the Construction of the Baghdad Railway
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: July 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780275970635
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; Railway transport industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Transportation; History: World; Sociology; Germany; Middle East; Ottoman Empire; Europe - General; Middle East - General; Railroads - General; History / Europe / General; Baghdad Railway; History; Investments, German; Iraq; Railroads; Turkey
First sentence: Departing from the usual analysis of the Baghdad Railway as a symbol of German imperialism, this book revisits the railway's construction sites on the Ottoman frontier to document the important Ottoman contribution to the enterprise and reveal the dynamics of a developing Turco-German partnership that came into being during the railway's construction.