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The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe

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Part of New Approaches to European History

  • Date Published: April 2002
  • availability: Available
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9780521452809

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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 to European History - will be essential reading for undergraduates.

    • 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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    'His typically rich and thought-provoking book will be vital reading for all those interested in enriching and bolstering constructive dialogue between Islam and the West.' Discourse

    'His text is suffused with an impassioned plea for recognition … a deft restatement of familiar topics that is both original and accessible … Goffman's new book convincingly shows that the history of the Ottoman Empire desperately needs re-telling … The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe contributes to one of the most urgent historical tasks of our time …'. School of Oriental & African Studies

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    • Date Published: April 2002
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9780521452809
    • length: 300 pages
    • dimensions: 236 x 157 x 24 mm
    • weight: 0.578kg
    • 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.

  • Author

    Daniel Goffman, Ball State University, Indiana
    Daniel Goffman is Professor of History at Ball State University, Indiana. His publications include Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550–1650 (1990), Britons in the Ottoman Empire, 1642–1660 (1998) and The Ottoman City between East and West: Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo, with Edhem Eldem and Bruce Masters (1999). He is currently editor of the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin.

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