Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- 20 The Lack of an Anti-European Perspective
- 21 Economies of Violence and Challenges to the Thalassocentric Order
- 22 The Anti-Western Rebellion on the Eve of the Belle Époque
- 23 Deconstructing the European Female
- 24 The “Unraveling” of Port City Society
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
21 - Economies of Violence and Challenges to the Thalassocentric Order
from Part V - The End of the European Dream
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- 20 The Lack of an Anti-European Perspective
- 21 Economies of Violence and Challenges to the Thalassocentric Order
- 22 The Anti-Western Rebellion on the Eve of the Belle Époque
- 23 Deconstructing the European Female
- 24 The “Unraveling” of Port City Society
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Ottoman port cities cannot be conceived of as an Other of their hinterland. They were tied to them economically, infrastructurally, and socially. However, outside of the well-policed cities, the danger of non-state sanctioned violence, especially banditry focusing on abduction and ransoming wealthy residents and foreigners, posed a threat to the socioeconomic order of the port cities and their respective ties to theoverseas powers. However, ultimately they must be seen as attempts to opt in on the profits from the Thalassocentric order, rather than an attempt to replace it.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 357 - 363Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020