The Ottoman Empire and the World-Economy

by Huri Islamoglu-Inan

Book Overview

This collection of essays represents a departure from the traditional perspective, recently questioned by many scholars, from which Ottoman history is usually written. Central to the establishment of Western domination over the 'East' is the writing of its history in terms of Western hegemony, above all in the case of the Ottoman Empire, which has been characterised as static, irrational and authoritarian in contrast with the dynamic, rational, democratic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526078
• ISBN13: 9780521526074
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"