Author : Colin Imber
Release : 2004-11-26
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 810/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: Volume I by : Colin Imber

Download or read book Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: Volume I written by Colin Imber. This book was released on 2004-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture over the past two decades. The first volume reflects the growing interest in the provinces, communities and cultures outside the imperial capital of Istanbul and covers four major areas: politics and Islam; economy and taxation; development of Ottoman towns and Arab and Jewish communities. Chapters on Ottoman legal and fiscal institutions provide a fascinating insight into the Ottoman government's interaction with the Empire's subjects, while reviews of Egypt and the Arab provinces emphasise the stirrings of Arab nationalism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that ultimately contributed to the demise of the Empire.