Download or read book Workers and Working Class in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic written by Donald Quataert and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the growth of the industrial workforce in the Ottoman empire and Turkey in the period from 1840 to 1940, when the Industrial Revolution began to have a serious impact on the Middle East. Special attention is devoted to the role of ethnicity and gender; to the transition from traditional guilds to modern trade unions; work stoppages and strikes; and the role of the state.