Gold for the Sultan : Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance 1856-81 Hardback
by Christopher Clay
Part of the International Library of Historical Studies series
Hardback
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The collapse of the Imperial Ottoman Bank (BIO) in 1875 was a pivotal event in Ottoman history.
It had vast political and international relations consequences; it finished any attempt at modernizing the administration of the Ottoman Empire, it made the Porte impotent in the Balkan wars of 1877-8 and 1912-13 and thus contributed to partition of the Balkan territories and set the scene for World War I.
This was a huge event in the continuing saga of the decline of the "sick man of Europe" and the Eastern question.
Based on Turkish, British and French sources, this text is a technical economic history within a political international/diplomatic history framework.
It covers the reasons for Ottoman bankruptcy, military expenditure and lack of financial control, and the role of foreign bankers including the question of "exploitative financial imperialism".
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/01/2001
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- ISBN:9781860644764
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/01/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9781860644764
