Agrarian, Commercial, and Maritime Change in the Southeastern Black Sea Region - (Brill's Studies in Maritime History) by Ekin Mahmuzlu (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book scrutinizes the effects of transitioning into a capitalist economy using micro-level data and microeconomics. It examines the structure of agricultural production and commerce by analyzing every major crop and commercial institution in order to understand the causality behind the agrarian and commercial changes.

Book Synopsis

Economic historians have often examined the effects of the integration of the Ottoman Empire into the world markets with macro-level approaches. This book aims to scrutinize the effects of this transition to a capitalist economy through a micro-level approach instead, using micro-level data and microeconomics. It examines the structure of agricultural production and commerce by analyzing major crops and commercial institutions before assessing agrarian, commercial, and maritime changes at the micro-level. Utilizing recent developments in economic history, institutional economics, and ecological economics, it explores the causality behind these agrarian and commercial changes.