Trade in Times of Crisis – Razgrad in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Nevena Nedelcheva ()
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Nevena Nedelcheva: Historical museum Popovo, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2019, vol. 4, 310-321

Abstract: The study presents the socio-economic development of Razgrad in the first half of the 19th century. Emphasis is placed on the economic and political changes in Ottoman society, the robbery and ayan anarchy in the region. New unpublished data on traders in the city and their social and economic status have being introduced. The focus of the study is on people engaged in commercial activity in Razgrad. The text provides information about their households, incomes and taxes. The economic structure of the merchants, the peculiarities of their territorial organization, their confessional structure and some details of the economic development of this community in Razgrad are discussed.

Keywords: merchants; crisis; Razgrad; sedition; trade; temettuat defters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N33 N73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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