Consumption Studies and the History of the Ottoman Empire, 1550-1992
Subtitle: An Introduction (Suny Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780791444313
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Middle East - General; Economic History; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Middle East; Middle East - Turkey; Economics - Macroeconomics; Consumption (Economics); History; Turkey
Description: "Tracing a host of topics relating to consumption, this book describes and analyzes the rise of mass fashion dress, changing fashions in clothing, the transcultural significance of tulip consumption, the rise of print advertising, the use of food as a marker of elite status, and the emergence of photographs as a consumer commodity.

The emphasis on consumption rather than production offers new perspectives on the Ottoman and Middle East past, and by extension that of East and Southeast Asia as well as Africa. Its findings also invite comparisons with those in U.S. and European consumption history. Also included are chapters that offer guidance in the use of archival sources for research in consumption history and a methodological overview of the utility of consumption studies for Ottoman and Middle East history."--BOOK JACKET.