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Formation of the Modern State: The Ottoman Empire Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Second Edition (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms)
Rifa'At Abou-El-Haj
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Paperback. Challenges the paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. This book evaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline, and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 172 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
With extensive new material, this classic book - now in a second edition - challenges the current paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj reevaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia.
With extensive new material, this classic book - now in a second edition - challenges the current paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj reevaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630852
SKU
V9780815630852
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About Rifa'At Abou-El-Haj
Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj, professor at Binghamton University, New York, is author of The Rebellion of 1703 and the Structure of Ottoman Politics.
Reviews for Formation of the Modern State: The Ottoman Empire Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries, Second Edition (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms)
Abou-el-Haj's study will stimulate general readers to rethink the Ottoman experience, to reexamine its main lines of development, to ponder the lessons of the Ottoman legacy for both the Middle East and southeast Europe. Specialists will want to reexamine their own assumptions.... Perhaps the greatest contribution to this study is to challenge readers to think of the Ottoman experience as ... Read more