Tax Administration in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire | Linda Darling

E541 | In this episode, Linda Darling discusses the history of tax administration in the early modern Ottoman Empire, and how attention to it can open up a broad range of questions about technology, governance, and military power and, in the process, dispell simplistic stereotypes such as the "Sick Man of Europe." In addition, she speaks more broadly about her path to Ottoman history, her studies with Halil Inalcık, and how she came to write a book about tax administration. In closing, she touches on what projects--on the cusp of retirement--she is thinking about now. More at https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2023/04/darling.html Linda Darling is Professor of History at University of Arizona. Her books are Revenue Raising and Legitimacy: Tax Collection and Finance Administration in the Ottoman Empire (1996) and A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East: The Circle of Justice from Mesopotamia to Globalization (2013). Sam Dolbee is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches classes on environment, disease, and the modern Middle East. His book Locusts of Power will be out in spring 2023 from Cambridge University Press. CREDITS Episode No. 541 Release Date: 4 April 2023 Recording Location: Denver, CO Sound production by Sam Dolbee Music: Chad Crouch, "Pacing"; Zé Trigueiros, "Petite Route," "Chiaroscuro"