'This collection of articles on wealth and poverty in the late Ottoman and early post-Ottoman Balkans offers a refreshingly multifaceted and often intriguing panorama of Balkan society in a crucial era of transition. Covering most of the Balkan countries, the volume pays attention not only to economic and social factors, but also to institutional and cultural aspects of wealth and poverty, dealing with often unexplored but highly relevant case studies. Written by a group of renowned historians of the Balkans, the book represents a thought-provoking addition to mainstream Balkan historiography on the topic.' - Raymond Detrez, University of Ghent; 'This volume is a truly original intervention into both Balkan and Ottoman history. Dispensing with the tired old frame of nationalism, it repeatedly crosses local, regional, national and imperial boundaries to bring us a set of deeply researched articles on wealth and poverty from Athens to Istanbul, and many places in between, during the long and dramatic nineteenth century. The perspectives are fresh and the attention to locales which are usually ignored in grand narratives is very welcome.' - Molly Greene, Princeton University