Gebundenes Buch

Istanbul - Kushta - Constantinople

Narratives of Identity in the Ottoman Capital, 1830-1930

Herausgeber: Herzog, Christoph; Wittmann, Richard

Beschreibung

The book introduces sources on late Ottoman Istanbul's diverse population by drawing on the voices of its permanent residents and foreign visitors. It juxtaposes a selection of unpublished and/or neglected life narratives to the prevailing national historiographies and creates a tapestry of diverse perceptions of life in the Ottoman capital.

Autor

Christoph Herzog is Professor of Turcology at the University of Bamberg, Germany. He studied Middle Eastern and modern European history at Freiburg, Germany and in Istanbul. His research interests focus on late Ottoman history, especially on the history of the Arab provinces, intellectual history and biographical studies. Richard Wittmann is the Associate Director of the German Orient-Institut Istanbul. He studied law, Islamic Studies and Turcology in Munich, Berlin, and Cambridge, Mass., where he earned his PhD in Middle Eastern Studies and History from Harvard University. He specializes in the Islamic legal and social history of the Ottoman Empire, as well as narrative sources for the study of the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9781138631311
• ISBN-10: 1138631310
• Artikelnr.: 54166070