The Cambridge History of Turkey represents a monumental enterprise. The History, comprising four volumes, covers the period from the end of the eleventh century, with the arrival of the Turks in Anatolia, through the emergence of the early Ottoman state, and its development into a powerful empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, encompassing a massive territory from the borders of Iran in the east, to Hungary in the west, and North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in the south. The last volume covers its destruction in the aftermath of the First World War, and the history of the modern state of Turkey which arose from the ashes of empire. Chapters from an international team of contributors reflect the very significant advances that have taken place in Ottoman history and Turkish studies in recent years.
• A comprehensive four-volume set relating the history of Turkey from Byzantium up to and including modern-day Turkey • Chapters from an international team of contributors reflect the very significant advances that have taken place in Ottoman history and Turkish studies in recent years • An unparalleled work of reference written by leading scholars in the field
Contents
Volume 1. Byzantium to Turkey, 1071–1453: 1. Introduction; 2. The Byzantine Empire from the eleventh to the fifteenth century; 3. Anatolia under the Mongols; 4. Anatolia, 1300–1451; 5. The incorporation of the Balkans into the Ottoman Empire, 1353–1453; 6. Ottoman warfare; 7. The Turkish economy, 1071–1453; 8. Art and architecture, 1300–1453; 9. Social, cultural and intellectual life, 1071–1453. Volume 2. The Ottoman Empire as a World Power, 1453–1603: 1. Introduction; Part I. An Expanding Empire: 2. The Ottomans, 1451–1603: a political history; 3. Ottoman expansion in Europe, c.1453–1606; 4. Ottoman expansion in the east; 5. Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean; 6. Ottoman expansion in the Red Sea; Part II. Government, Economic Life and Society: 7. Government, administration and law; 8. The Ottoman government and economic life; 9. Ottoman armies and warfare; 10. Religious institutions, policies and lives; 11. Ottoman population; Part III. Culture and the Arts: 12. Intellectual life; 13. The visual arts; 14. The making of a literary tradition. Volume 3. The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839: 1. Introduction; 2. Ecology of the Ottoman lands; Part I. An Empire in Transition: 3. Political and diplomatic developments; 4. Political culture and the great households; 5. War and peace; 6. Public finances, the role of the Ottoman centre; Part II. The Centre and the Provinces: 7. The Ottoman centre vs. provincial power holders; 8. Semi-autonomous forces in the Balkans and Anatolia; 9. Semi-autonomous forces in the Arab provinces; Part III. Social, Religious and Political Groups: 10. The Ottoman ulema; 11. Muslim women in the early modern era; 12. The Ottoman Jews; 13. Christians in a changing world; Part IV. Making a Living: 14. Capitulations and western trade; 15. Guildsmen and handicraft producers; 16. Declines and revivals in textile production; 17. Rural life; Part V. Culture and the Arts: 18. The Ottoman musical tradition; 19. Arts and architecture; 20. Ottoman literature; Chronology; Bibliography. Volume 4. Turkey in the Modern World: Chronology; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Ottoman Background and Transition: 2. The Tanzimat; 3. The reign of Abdülhamid II; 4. The second constitutional period; 5. The struggle for independence; 6. Atatürk; Part II. Republic of Turkey: 7. Migration and Turkey: the dynamics of state, society and politics; 8. The migration story of Turks in Germany: from the beginning to the end; 9. Politics and political parties in Republican Turkey; 10. Economic change in twentieth century Turkey: is the glass more than half full?; 11. Ideology, context, and interest: the Turkish military; 12. Kurds and the Turkish State; 13. Islam and politics in contemporary Turkey; 14. Sufism and Islamic groups in contemporary Turkey; 15. Contestation and collaboration: women's struggles for empowerment in Turkey; 16. Art and architecture in modern Turkey: the Republican period; 17. The novel in Turkish: narrative tradition to Nobel prize; 18. A brief history of modern Istanbul; Bibliography.
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