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The Berlin-Baghdad Railway and the Ottoman Empire: Industrialization, Imperial Germany and the Middle East
Murat Özyüksel
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Description for The Berlin-Baghdad Railway and the Ottoman Empire: Industrialization, Imperial Germany and the Middle East
Hardback. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 bw integrated, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBQ; 1QDT; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF1; HBTK; KNGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 156. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Library of Ottoman Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780768823
SKU
V9781780768823
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About Murat Özyüksel
Murat Ozyuksel is Professor of History and Political Science at Istanbul University.
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