The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe Paperback / softback
by Daniel (Ball State University, Indiana) Goffman
Part of the New Approaches to European History series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
Dan Goffman provides a thorough introduction to the history and institutions of the Ottoman Empire from this new standpoint, and presents a claim for its inclusion in Europe.
His lucid and engaging book - an important addition to New Approaches to European History - will be essential reading for undergraduates.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:300 pages, 6 Maps; 30 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/04/2002
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- ISBN:9780521459082
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:300 pages, 6 Maps; 30 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/04/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521459082
