The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe

作者 Daniel Goffman著
出版社 Cambridge University Press
出版时间 2002年4月
ISBN 9780521459082
定价 456.80

内容简介

DespitethefactthatitscapitalcityandoveronethirdofitsterritorywaswithinthecontinentofEurope,theOttomanEmpirehasconsistentlybeenregardedasaplaceapart,inextricablydividedfromtheWestbydifferencesofcultureandreligion.Aperceptionofitsmilitarism,itsbarbarism,itstyranny,thesexualappetitesofitsrulersanditspervasiveexoticismhasledhistorianstomeasuretheOttomanworldagainstawesternstandardandfinditlacking.Inrecentdecades,adynamicandconvincingscholarshiphasemergedthatseekstocomprehendand,intheprocess,tode-exoticizethisenduringrealm.DanGoffmanprovidesathoroughintroductiontothehistoryandinstitutionsoftheOttomanEmpirefromthisnewstandpoint,andpresentsaclaimforitsinclusioninEurope.Hislucidandengagingbook-animportantadditiontoNewApproachestoEuropeanHistory-willbeessentialreadingforundergraduates

作者简介

DanielGoffmanisProfessorofHistoryatBallStateUniversity.HispublicationsincludeIzmirandtheLevantineWorld,1550-1650(1990),BritonsintheOttomanEmpire,1642-1660(1998)andTheOttomanCityBetweenEastandWest:Istanbul,IzmirandAleppo,withEdhemEldemandBruceMasters(1999).HeiscurrentlyeditoroftheMiddleEastStudiesAssociationBulletin.

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