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The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe
Daniel Goffman
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Description for The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe
Hardback. Daniel Goffman's lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in the Early Modern period. Series Editor(s): Beik, William; Blanning, T. C. W.; Simms, Brendan. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1QDT; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 61.
Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. A perception of its militarism, its barbarism, its tyranny, the sexual appetites of its rulers and its pervasive exoticism has led historians to measure the Ottoman world against a western standard and find it lacking. In recent decades, a dynamic and convincing scholarship has emerged that seeks to comprehend and, in the process, to de-exoticize this enduring realm. ... Read more
Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. A perception of its militarism, its barbarism, its tyranny, the sexual appetites of its rulers and its pervasive exoticism has led historians to measure the Ottoman world against a western standard and find it lacking. In recent decades, a dynamic and convincing scholarship has emerged that seeks to comprehend and, in the process, to de-exoticize this enduring realm. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to European History
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521452809
SKU
V9780521452809
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About Daniel Goffman
Daniel Goffman is Professor of History at Ball State University, Indiana. His publications include Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550–1650 (1990), Britons in the Ottoman Empire, 1642–1660 (1998) and The Ottoman City between East and West: Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo, with Edhem Eldem and Bruce Masters (1999). He is currently editor of the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin.
Reviews for The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe
'His typically rich and thought-provoking book will be vital reading for all those interested in enriching and bolstering constructive dialogue between Islam and the West.' Discourse 'His text is suffused with an impassioned plea for recognition … a deft restatement of familiar topics that is both original and accessible … Goffman's new book convincingly shows that the history of the ... Read more