LEADER 04600nam 22006375 450 001 9910918595303321 005 20250808083436.0 010 $a9783031596261$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031596254 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-59626-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31855812 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31855812 035 $a(CKB)37070803000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-59626-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937070803000041 100 $a20241221d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aState Formation in Wallachia, 1740?1800 $eRegulations, Paperwork and Metrology /$fby Vasile Mihai Olaru 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (0 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Olaru, Vasile Mihai State Formation in Wallachia, 1740-1800 Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2025 9783031596254 327 $aIntroduction -- 2. Wallachia in the Early Modern Period and Transformation in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. From Local Custom to Written Law: Agrarian Regulations and State Infrastructural Growth -- 4. From Private Charter to Stature: The Fiscal Regulations -- 5. Paperwork: Immobile Instruments for Storing Information -- 6. Mobile Instruments for Storing Information -- 7. The Standardization of Weights and Measures -- 8. Conclusions. 330 $aThis book explores the transformation of the state in Wallachia, an Ottoman tributary principality, between 1740 and 1800 by focusing on three administrative techniques: regulations, paperwork (registers, identification certificates), and weights and measures. The implementation by the central power of regulations, bookkeeping, certificates, and standard units of measurement was not smooth, but it nevertheless heralded the beginning of the struggle against localism and the efforts to extend the boundaries of legitimate state action. The author challenges the (mostly Romanian) historiography of the Phanariot period, which has portrayed the state as a set of institutions undertaking certain responsibilities and has insisted almost exclusively on its extractive function and abusive character. Instead, this book takes a closer look at how the Wallachian state functioned, examining how its means of interacting with its subjects changed in the second half of the eighteenth century. Rethinking the problem of the state in eighteenth-century Wallachia, traditionally regarded as a mere instrument of Ottoman domination, it claims that it was precisely during this time that the bases of modern statehood were laid in a context defined by imperial rivalries (Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian) in the region. Making the case for state formation in the absence of preparation for war, the author also stresses, in contrast to recent contributions that decentre the state, the need to study the process whereby the effect of state coherence is produced. While focusing on Wallachia, this book provides valuable reading for those interested in early modern administrative and legal history, the history of state formation, and Southeast European history more generally. Vasile Mihai Olaru is a researcher at the ?George Bari?iu? Institute of History of the Romanian Academy, Romania. His research interests include early modern history, state formation, the history of corruption, and historiography. Previously, he studied at Central European University in Budapest, where he received his PhD. 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aImperialism 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aWorld history 606 $aHistory of Early Modern Europe 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aLegal History 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 14$aHistory of Early Modern Europe. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aLegal History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 676 $a949.8015 700 $aOlaru$b Vasile Mihai$01780943 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910918595303321 996 $aState Formation in Wallachia, 1740?1800$94430657 997 $aUNINA