Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps, Figures, Graphs, and Tables -- A Note on Units of Measurement -- A Note on Geographical Names -- 1 Introduction --  1 Main Question --  2 Contributions -- 2 Geography and Commercial History of the Southeastern Black Sea Region (1829–1914) --  1 Geography, Agriculture, and Commerce --  2 Long-Term Trends in Commerce --  3 Chapter Summary -- 3 Maritime Change (1829–1914) --  1 The First Generation of Steamships (1836–1853) --  2 The Second Generation of Steamships (1856–1879) --  3 The Third Generation of Steamships (1879–1914) --  4 Chapter Summary -- 4 Commercial Age of Change: Formation and Transformation of Long-Distance Markets --  1 Imperfections in the Local Market --  2 Formation of Long-Distance Markets (The Mid-1850s– Late 1860s) --  3 Transformation of Long-Distance Markets (The Late 1880s–1910s) --  4 Chapter Summary -- 5 Long-Distance Markets and Agricultural Change --  1 The First Period of Agricultural Change: Tobacco and Haricot Beans (The Mid-1850s to Late 1860s) --  2 The Second Period of Agricultural Change: Cereals, Tobacco, and Hazelnuts (1890s–1910s) --  3 Chapter Summary -- 6 Agricultural Age of Change: Change in Production Processes --  1 Ecology, Climate, and Technology --  2 Changes in the Labor and Agricultural Calendars --  3 Chapter Summary -- 7 Agricultural Age of Change: Growth (1880s–1910s) --  1 Extensive Growth in Grains --  2 Growth in Industrial Crops, Cash Crops, and Fruits --  3 Chapter Summary -- 8 Conclusion --  1 Geographical, Ecological, and Economic Premises --  2 Areas for Further Research -- Appendix 1: Merchants -- Appendix 2: Photos -- Appendix 3: Climate -- Appendix 4: Tobacco Expedition of 1844–1847 310 -- Appendix 5: Long-term Prices (Durum/Hard Wheat) 326 -- Appendix 6: Long-Term Prices (Barley) 334 -- Appendix 7: Long-Term Prices (Maize) 342 -- Appendix 8: Long-Term Prices (Hazelnut) 350 -- Appendix 9: Long-Term Prices (Haricot Beans) 357 -- Appendix 10: Prices of Tobacco 364 -- Appendix 11: Population Statistics 366 -- Appendix 12: Various Agricultural Estimations 367 -- Appendix 13: Agricultural Estimations of Late-1880s and 1909 369 -- Bibliography 382.

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.

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