The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe
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Part of New Approaches to European History
- Author: Daniel Goffman, Ball State University, Indiana
- Date Published: May 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521459082
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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 in European History--will be essential reading for undergraduates.
Read more- Comprehensive but accessible study of Ottoman relations with Europe
- The only undergraduate teaching text on this period
- Complement to Donald Quataert's recent book in this series dealing with the later period of Ottoman history
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"...essential reading for historians of western Europe and for those interested in the interaction of states in the early modern period. Thought provoking and strenously argued, The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe will be of value to specialists for its efforts to synthesise new research and to non-specialists for both its lucid and lively depiction of the empire and its innovative efforts to knit western and eastern Europe together." Itinerario
See more reviews"Goffman's book fills a useful gap for history instructors and students by presenting an empathetic history of the Ottoman Empire that is both scholarly and accessible." ComiTATUS
"Highly recommended for the academic undergraduate." Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Literature
"[A]n excellent monograph.... This stimulating bok should be required reading in all courses on early modern Europe. All levels and collections." Choice
"This important study of the Ottoman Empire has a number of unconventional approaches that should endear it to the student unfamiliar with its historical evolution and accomplishment up to the period of decline. ...In my judgement this well-written text should serve the interest not only of students, but in many respects, that of the scholar bent on adopting new and more intimate approaches to the history of the Ottoman empire. ...I highly recommend it as an important text for the study of the Ottoman state in its European setting." Digest of Middle East Studies
"...thought-provoking..." Canadian Journal of History, Thomas Scheben, City of Frankfurt
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- Date Published: May 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521459082
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- contains: 30 b/w illus. 6 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Ottomancentrism and the West
2. Fabricating the Ottoman State
3. A seasoned polity
4. Factionalism and insurrection
5. The Ottoman-Venetian Association
6. Commerce and diasporas
7. A changing station in Europe
8. Conclusion: the greater western world.
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