TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 7) INTRODUCTION (page 9) THE ANATOLIAN TOWN AND ITS PLACE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN STATE (1550-1590)* (page 27) TOWNS, AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN ANATOLIA (page 55) THE FIELDGLASS AND THE MAGNIFYING LENS: STUDIES OF OTTOMAN CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMEN (page 79) OTTOMAN GUILDS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE BURSA CASE (page 101) BURSA AT THE CROSSROADS: IRANIAN SILK, EUROPEAN COMPETITION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY 1470-1700 (page 121) LONG-TERM CHANGE AND THE OTTOMAN CONSTRUCTION SITE: A STUDY OF BUILDERS WAGES AND IRON PRICES* (page 157) MERCHANT NETWORKS AND OTTOMAN CRAFT PRODUCTION (page 177) THE BUSINESS OF TRADE: BURSA MERCHANTS IN THE 1480S (page 201) TRADERS AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS IN 1660S ISKENDERUN* (page 225) RED SEA TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS AS OBSERVED BY EVLIYA CELEBI (1671-72) (page 239) AGRICULTURAL CRISIS AND THE ART OF FLUTE-PLAYING: THE WORLDLY AFFAIRS OF THE MEVLEVI DERVISHES (1595-1652) (page 257) A GREAT FOUNDATION IN DIFFICULTIES: OR SOME EVIDENCE ON ECONOMIC CONTRACTION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE OF THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (page 283) WEALTH AND POWER IN THE LAND OF OLIVES: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF MURIDZADE HACI MEHMED AGHA, NOTABLE OF EDREMIT (page 299).