The Berlin-Baghdad Railway and the Ottoman Empire : industrialization, Imperial Germany and the Middle East /
Özyüksel, Murat,
The Berlin-Baghdad Railway and the Ottoman Empire : industrialization, Imperial Germany and the Middle East / Murat Özyüksel. - 1 online resource (312 pages) : map - Library of Ottoman Studies ; 47 . - Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 47. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-306) and index.
Railway expansion was the great industrial project of the late 19th century, and the Great Powers built railways at speed and reaped great commercial benefits. The greatest imperial dream of all was to connect the might of Europe to the potential riches of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. In 1903 Imperial Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, began to construct a railway which would connect Berlin to the Ottoman city of Baghdad, and project German power all the way to the Persian Gulf. The Ottoman Emperor, Abdul Hamid II, meanwhile, saw the railway as a means to bolster crumbling Ottoman control of Arabia. Using new Ottoman Turkish sources, Murat Özyüksel shows how the Berlin-Baghdad railway became a symbol of both rising European power and declining Ottoman fortunes. It marks a new and important contribution to our understanding of the geopolitics of the Middle East before World War I, and will be essential reading for students of empire, Industrial History and Ottoman Studies.
9781786721624 (electronic bk.) 1786721627 (electronic bk.) 9781350988491 (online) 1350988499 1786731622 9781786731623 (ePDF)
9781786721624 Ingram Content Group
GBB946647 bnb
018223396 Uk 019278851 Uk
1288-1999
Railroads--History--Germany--20th century.
Railroads--History.--Turkey
TRANSPORTATION--Railroads--Pictorial.
International relations.
Railroads.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Germany--Relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Relations--Germany.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Germany.
Middle East.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HE3078 / .O99 2016eb
385.09430904
The Berlin-Baghdad Railway and the Ottoman Empire : industrialization, Imperial Germany and the Middle East / Murat Özyüksel. - 1 online resource (312 pages) : map - Library of Ottoman Studies ; 47 . - Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 47. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-306) and index.
Railway expansion was the great industrial project of the late 19th century, and the Great Powers built railways at speed and reaped great commercial benefits. The greatest imperial dream of all was to connect the might of Europe to the potential riches of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. In 1903 Imperial Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, began to construct a railway which would connect Berlin to the Ottoman city of Baghdad, and project German power all the way to the Persian Gulf. The Ottoman Emperor, Abdul Hamid II, meanwhile, saw the railway as a means to bolster crumbling Ottoman control of Arabia. Using new Ottoman Turkish sources, Murat Özyüksel shows how the Berlin-Baghdad railway became a symbol of both rising European power and declining Ottoman fortunes. It marks a new and important contribution to our understanding of the geopolitics of the Middle East before World War I, and will be essential reading for students of empire, Industrial History and Ottoman Studies.
9781786721624 (electronic bk.) 1786721627 (electronic bk.) 9781350988491 (online) 1350988499 1786731622 9781786731623 (ePDF)
9781786721624 Ingram Content Group
GBB946647 bnb
018223396 Uk 019278851 Uk
1288-1999
Railroads--History--Germany--20th century.
Railroads--History.--Turkey
TRANSPORTATION--Railroads--Pictorial.
International relations.
Railroads.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Germany--Relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Relations--Germany.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Germany.
Middle East.
Turkey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HE3078 / .O99 2016eb
385.09430904