In a state-of-the art introduction to Ottoman history, Suraiya Faroqhi explores the documentary sources and explains how to interpret them to students in the field and in related disciplines. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she demonstrates why they were prepared, encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings. While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for initiates into the field, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation.
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"...an excellent choice for undergraduate classes in such subjects as cultural studies, historiography, and historical sociology. In any field of history, the appearance of such an innovative primer on method would be regarded as a signal pedagogical event. For Ottoman studies, suspended between philology and post-colonial theory, the production of a text of such charm, candor, and utility is nothing short of miraculous." MESA Bulletin
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In a state-of-the art introduction to Ottoman history, Suraiya Faroqhi explores the documentary sources and explains how to interpret them to students in the field and in related disciplines. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she demonstrates why they were prepared, encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings. While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for initiates into the field, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation.
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This book is written for students studying the Ottoman Empire. It's an approach which I've not found elsewhere. Professor Faroqui plays the role of an expert academic advisor who is prepared to spend time discussing your thesis or dissertation topic and the sources. In that regard the book is outstanding.
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The present chapter being directed at the student entering the field, a few words should be said about the languages which the future Ottoman historian will need for his/her research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kadi registers, inheritance inventories, pious foundations, dervish orders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Evliya Çelebi, Grand Vizier, Halil Inalcik, Kâtip Çelebi, Middle Eastern, World War, Ahmed Resmi, Lady Mary, Omer Lütfi Barkan, Prime Minister, Topkapi Palace, Ahmed Cevdet, Süleyman the Magnificent, Topkapi Sarayi, Mübahat Kütükoglu, Mehmed the Conqueror, Mustafa All, Cemal Kafadar, Chambre de Commerce, Donald Quataert, Fernand Braudel, Ottoman Christians, Andreas Tietze, Aya Sofya, Cambridge University Press New!
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The present chapter being directed at the student entering the field, a few words should be said about the languages which the future Ottoman historian will need for his/her research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kadi registers, inheritance inventories, pious foundations, dervish orders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Evliya Çelebi, Grand Vizier, Halil Inalcik, Kâtip Çelebi, Middle Eastern, World War, Ahmed Resmi, Lady Mary, Omer Lütfi Barkan, Prime Minister, Topkapi Palace, Ahmed Cevdet, Süleyman the Magnificent, Topkapi Sarayi, Mübahat Kütükoglu, Mehmed the Conqueror, Mustafa All, Cemal Kafadar, Chambre de Commerce, Donald Quataert, Fernand Braudel, Ottoman Christians, Andreas Tietze, Aya Sofya, Cambridge University Press New!
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- The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (European History in Perspective) by Colin Imber on 21 pages
- Lineages of the Absolutist State by PERRY ANDERSON in Front Matter, page 194, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 2 by P. M. Holt on page 181, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought by Serif Mardin on page 221, and Back Matter
- Bringing the State Back In by Peter B. Evans on page 221, and Back Matter
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- Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science) by Eric R Dursteler on 5 pages
- An Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by Gabriel Piterberg in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Power and the Turkish State by Tim Jacoby on page 86, and Back Matter
- The Middle East and Islamic World Reader by Marvin E. Gettleman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Tropes for the Past: Hayden White and the History / Literature Debate (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden ... & Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft) by Kuisma Korhonen on page 122
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