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Living the Good Life
Consumption in the Qing and Ottoman Empires of the Eighteenth Century
Series: - Rulers & Elites, Volume: 13
Eighteenth-century consumers of the Qing and Ottoman empires had access to an increasingly diverse array of goods, from home furnishings to fashionable clothes and new foodstuffs. While this tendency was of shorter duration and intensity in the Ottoman world, some urbanites of the sultansâ realm did enjoy silks, coffee, and Chinese porcelain. By contrast, a vibrant consumer culture flourished in Qing China, where many consumers flaunted their fur coats and indulged in gourmet dining.
Living the Good Life explores how goods furthered the expansion of social networks, alliance-building between rulers and regional elites, and the expression of elite, urban, and gender identities. The scholarship in the present volume highlights the recently emerging âmaterial turnâ in Qing and Ottoman historiographies and provides a framework for future research.
Contributors: Arif Bilgin, Michael G. Chang, Edhem Eldem, Colette Establet, Antonia Finnane, Selim Karahasanoglu, Lai Hui-min, Amanda Phillips, Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Martina Siebert, Su Te-Cheng, Joanna Waley-Cohen, Wang Dagang, Wu Jen-shu, Yıldız Yılmaz, and Yun Yan.
Living the Good Life explores how goods furthered the expansion of social networks, alliance-building between rulers and regional elites, and the expression of elite, urban, and gender identities. The scholarship in the present volume highlights the recently emerging âmaterial turnâ in Qing and Ottoman historiographies and provides a framework for future research.
Contributors: Arif Bilgin, Michael G. Chang, Edhem Eldem, Colette Establet, Antonia Finnane, Selim Karahasanoglu, Lai Hui-min, Amanda Phillips, Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Martina Siebert, Su Te-Cheng, Joanna Waley-Cohen, Wang Dagang, Wu Jen-shu, Yıldız Yılmaz, and Yun Yan.
Elif Akçetin (Ph.D. University of Washington, 2007) is a social historian focusing on the Qing dynasty. She is currently preparing a manuscript on the social and cultural meanings of corruption in eighteenth-century China.
Suraiya Faroqhi Dr. phil. (Germany), University of Hamburg, is a Professor of History at Istanbul Bilgi University. She has published ten monographs and six volumes of articles on Ottoman history, and is a co-editor of the Cambridge History of Turkey.
Suraiya Faroqhi Dr. phil. (Germany), University of Hamburg, is a Professor of History at Istanbul Bilgi University. She has published ten monographs and six volumes of articles on Ottoman history, and is a co-editor of the Cambridge History of Turkey.
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Introduction
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
1 Setting the Stage
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
2 Elite Objects and Private Collections in Eighteenth-Century China: A Study of Chen Huizuâs Confiscated Goods
âYun Yan
3 Ali PaÅa and His Stuff: An Ottoman Household in Istanbul and Van
âAmanda Phillips
4 Cutting a Fine Figure among Pots and Pans: Aghas of the Sultanâs Harem in the Eighteenth Century
âYıldız Yılmaz
5 Challenging the Paradigm of the Tulip Age: The Consumer Behavior of NevÅehirli Damad Ä°brahim PaÅa and His Household
âSelim KarahasanoÄlu
6 Furnishing the Home in Qing Yangzhou: A Case for Rethinking âConsumer Constraintâ
âAntonia Finnane
7 A Preliminary Study of Local Consumption in the Qianlong Reign (1736â1796): The Case of Ba County in Sichuan Province
âWu Jen-shu and Wang Dagang
8 Women, Wealth and Textiles in 1730s Bursa
âSuraiya Faroqhi
9 Consuming Luxurious and Exotic Goods in Damascus around 1700
âColette Establet
10 From Artichoke to Corn: New Fruits and Vegetables in the Istanbul Market (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)
âArif Bilgin
11 Food and Chinaâs World of Goods in the Long Eighteenth Century
âJoanna Waley-Cohen
12 Of Feasts and Feudatories: The Politics of Commensal Consumption at the Early Kangxi Court
âMichael G. Chang
13 Brass Consumption in the Qing Empire
âLai Hui-min and Su Te-Cheng
14 Consumption as Knowledge: Pawnbrokers in Qing China Appraise Furs
âElif Akçetin
15 Consuming and Possessing Things on Paper: Examples from Late Imperial Chinaâs Natural Studies
âMartina Siebert
16 Diamonds Are a Vizierâs Best Friends or: Merzifonlu Kara Mustafaâs Jewelry Assets
âHedda Reindl-Kiel
17 Of Bricks and Tiles: The History of a Local Industry in the Area of Mürefte (Thrace)
âEdhem Eldem
Conclusion
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
Chinese Character Glossary
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Introduction
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
1 Setting the Stage
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
Part 1: Dead Grandees and Their Inventories
2 Elite Objects and Private Collections in Eighteenth-Century China: A Study of Chen Huizuâs Confiscated Goods
âYun Yan
3 Ali PaÅa and His Stuff: An Ottoman Household in Istanbul and Van
âAmanda Phillips
4 Cutting a Fine Figure among Pots and Pans: Aghas of the Sultanâs Harem in the Eighteenth Century
âYıldız Yılmaz
5 Challenging the Paradigm of the Tulip Age: The Consumer Behavior of NevÅehirli Damad Ä°brahim PaÅa and His Household
âSelim KarahasanoÄlu
Part 2: Urban Life: Generating a Self-Image through Textiles, Pictures, and Buildings
6 Furnishing the Home in Qing Yangzhou: A Case for Rethinking âConsumer Constraintâ
âAntonia Finnane
7 A Preliminary Study of Local Consumption in the Qianlong Reign (1736â1796): The Case of Ba County in Sichuan Province
âWu Jen-shu and Wang Dagang
8 Women, Wealth and Textiles in 1730s Bursa
âSuraiya Faroqhi
9 Consuming Luxurious and Exotic Goods in Damascus around 1700
âColette Establet
Part 3: Food Culture
10 From Artichoke to Corn: New Fruits and Vegetables in the Istanbul Market (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)
âArif Bilgin
11 Food and Chinaâs World of Goods in the Long Eighteenth Century
âJoanna Waley-Cohen
12 Of Feasts and Feudatories: The Politics of Commensal Consumption at the Early Kangxi Court
âMichael G. Chang
Part 4: Materials: Precious and Modest, Luxuries and Necessities
13 Brass Consumption in the Qing Empire
âLai Hui-min and Su Te-Cheng
14 Consumption as Knowledge: Pawnbrokers in Qing China Appraise Furs
âElif Akçetin
15 Consuming and Possessing Things on Paper: Examples from Late Imperial Chinaâs Natural Studies
âMartina Siebert
16 Diamonds Are a Vizierâs Best Friends or: Merzifonlu Kara Mustafaâs Jewelry Assets
âHedda Reindl-Kiel
17 Of Bricks and Tiles: The History of a Local Industry in the Area of Mürefte (Thrace)
âEdhem Eldem
Conclusion
âElif Akçetin and Suraiya Faroqhi
Chinese Character Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Specialists and graduate students in Ottoman and Chinese social history, and those who specialize in and/or are interested in the history of consumption, and more broadly material culture.