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The Balkan economies c. 1800-1914: evolution without development
M. R. Palairet
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page x)
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List of tables (page xi)
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Preface (page xiii)
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Glossary (page xiv)
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List of abbreviations (page xv)
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Part I The Balkan economies during the Ottoman period to 1878
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1 Balkan population 1790-1914 (page 3)
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Population trends in Ottoman Europe (page 3)
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Population trends in the non-Ottoman Balkans (page 14)
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Balkan population and population density (page 19)
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Urban and rural population (page 25)
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2 The Balkans under the Ottomans 1800-1860s: institutional change and economic progress (page 34)
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The breakdown of Ottoman feudalism c. 1700-1814 (page 34)
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Ottoman reform and economic revitalization in Bulgaria 1826-1869 (page 41)
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Ottoman institutions and industrial renaissance (page 50)
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3 Agriculture and industry in Ottoman Bulgaria in the twilight of Ottoman rule (page 58)
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The farm economy (page 58)
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Quantifying Bulgarian farm production (page 63)
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Industries: the Bulgarian manufacturing centres (page 66)
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Textile manufacturing (page 69)
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Textile demand (page 72)
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The textile industries of Macedonia (page 76)
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The woollen industry and the Ottoman state (page 77)
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Bulgarian industry 1869-1877 (page 81)
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4 Serbia 1815-1875: institutions, resources and market forces (page 85)
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The emergent Serbian state (page 85)
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Economic structure 1840s-1860s (page 91)
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Gradual impoverishment (page 95)
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Livestock health (page 98)
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Deforestation and the pastoral economy (page 98)
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The livestock export trade (page 103)
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The small size of the holdings (page 108)
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Peasant culture and economic stagnation (page 109)
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Regional differentiation in incomes in the 1860s (page 113)
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The influence of the market (page 114)
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The import trade (page 120)
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Trends in farm output, 1859-1875 (page 123)
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The urban economy (page 123)
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Textile manufacturing (page 127)
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Conclusion: half a commercial revolution (page 127)
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5 Bosnia and Montenegro before 1878 (page 129)
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Pre-reform Bosnia to 1851 (page 129)
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Bosnia in the reform era, 1851-1877 (page 135)
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The productive structure of Ottoman Bosnia (page 139)
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Montenegro: history and institutions (page 142)
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Economic structure (page 142)
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Consumption and poverty (page 145)
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Patriarchal culture and banditry (page 147)
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Overwintering and emigration (page 150)
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Labour migration (page 152)
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Industry in Ottoman Bosnia (page 152)
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6 The Ottoman Balkans and free Serbia: economic conditions and 'renaissance' (page 157)
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Ottoman Bulgaria (page 157)
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Bosnia (page 163)
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Free Serbia (page 165)
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Part II Economic decline and political freedom 1878-1914
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7 Bulgaria after 1878: origins of productive decline (page 173)
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Retrogression in Bulgarian farming after the liberation (page 175)
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Aggregate farm performance (page 186)
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Commerce and industry (page 186)
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Conversion to large-scale enterprise (page 197)
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Structural change and occupational mobility (page 198)
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Conclusions (page 201)
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8 Bosnia and Montenegro: political change and economic development 1878-1914 (page 203)
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Bosnian farming under the Austrian occupation (page 203)
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Montenegro after 1878 (page 212)
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Farm performance in Montenegro (page 214)
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Bosnia: industrialization from above (page 217)
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Local enterprise and small-scale industries (page 228)
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Bosnian economic development in comparative perspective (page 232)
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The 'civilizing mission' in its Balkan context (page 234)
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Montenegro after 1900: commerce and industry (page 238)
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Montenegro's national income 1911 (page 242)
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9 The textile industries in Bulgaria and Serbia 1878-1914 (page 243)
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Restructuring the Bulgarian woollen industry (page 243)
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Woollen industry mechanization in Serbia (page 258)
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Tariff protection and cotton manufacturing (page 271)
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Textile markets, protection and self-consumption (page 278)
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New technology and the Balkan textile factories (page 280)
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Labour supply and textile mechanization (page 283)
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Skilled factory labour (page 292)
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Comparative progress in Balkan textile manufacturing (page 296)
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10 Serbia and Bulgaria 1878-1914: modernization and productive decline (page 298)
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Economic change in Serbia 1878-1900 (page 299)
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The Serbian state and agricultural monetization (page 306)
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The legacy of Balkan peasant farming (page 310)
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Contrasts in the Bulgarian and Serbian farm economies (page 315)
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Bulgaria and Serbia: trends in total output (page 321)
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The state and transportation (page 327)
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Xenophobia, corruption and industrialization (page 330)
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Conclusion (page 339)
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11 Economic change in Macedonia and Thrace 1878-1914 (page 342)
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Farming and economic life 1878-1912 (page 342)
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Post-1878 progress in the woollen and cotton industries (page 346)
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Technical obsolescence and the 1905-1914 boom in Ottoman Europe (page 352)
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12 Summary and conclusions (page 356)
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The Balkans 1878-1914 (page 361)
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Select bibliography (page 371)
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Index (page 395)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JEL | 37.2 (Jun. 1999): 699-700 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2565239 |
EHR | 52.3 (Aug. 1999): 592-593 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2599171 |
HIST | 84.273 (Jan. 1999): 180-182 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/24424771 |
AHR | 104.1 (Feb. 1999): 274-275 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2650336 |
SR | 58.3 (Autumn. 1999): 656-657 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2697576 |
IHR | 21.2 (Jun. 1999): 491-492 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40109033 |
JEH | 59.3 (Sept. 1999): 811-813 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2566339 |
BHR | 72.1 (Spring. 1998): 175-177 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3116614 |
JMH | 71.4 (Dec. 1999): 1011-1013 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/375924 |
VSWG | 89.2 (2002): 227-228 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20740722 |
Citable Link
Published: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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