Reading Clocks, Alla Turca
Subtitle: Ottoman Temporal Culture and Its Transformation During the Long Nineteenth Century
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226257723
Subjects: Time; Turkey, social conditions
Description: Up until the end of the 18th century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. However, this began to change rather dramatically during the 19th century, as the Ottoman Empire was increasingly assimilated into the European-dominated global economy and the project of modern state building began to gather momentum. In 'Reading Clocks, Alla Turca', Avner Wishnitzer unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation.