{"product_id":"living-in-the-ottoman-realm-9780253019431","title":"Living in the Ottoman Realm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique volume . . . stands out from the many other assembled volumes on the Ottoman Empire due to the focused and coherent picture of the empire it presents. . . . Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Dealing with Identity in the Ottoman Empire \/ \u003ci\u003eChristine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. Schull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. 13th-15th Centuries. Emergence and Expansion: From Frontier Beylik to Cosmopolitan Empire\u003cbr\u003e1. The Giving Divide: Food Gifts and Social Identity in Late Medieval Anatolia \/\u003ci\u003eNicolas Trépanier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Changing Perceptions along the Frontiers: The Moving Frontier with \u003ci\u003eRum\u003c\/i\u003e in the Late Medieval Anatolian Frontier Narratives \/ \u003ci\u003eZeynep Aydoğan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The Genoese of Pera in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of the Draperio and Spinola Families \/ \u003ci\u003eF. Ozden Mercan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. From Byzantine Aristocracy to Ottoman Ruling Elite: Mahmud Pasha Angelović and his Christian Circle, 1458-1474 \/ \u003ci\u003eTheoharis Stavrides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Neşri's \u003ci\u003eCihannüma\u003c\/i\u003e, an Early Ottoman History Book and the Politics of Ottoman Identity \/ \u003ci\u003eMurat Cem Mengüç\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. A Shaykh, a Prince and a Sack of Corn: An Anatolian Sufi Becomes Ottoman \/ \u003ci\u003eHasan Karatas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II. 15-17th Centuries. Expansion and Cultural Splendor: The Creation of a Sunni Islamic Empire\u003cbr\u003e7. Ibn-i Kemal's Confessionalism and the Construction of an \"Ottoman\" Islam \/ \u003ci\u003eNabil al-Tikriti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Becoming Ottoman in Sixteenth-century Aintab \/ \u003ci\u003eLeslie Peirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Making Jerusalem Ottoman \/ \u003ci\u003eAmy Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Ibrahim b. Khidr al-Qaramani: A Merchant and Urban Notable of Early Ottoman Aleppo \/ \u003ci\u003eCharles Wilkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Mihrimah Sultan: A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity \/ \u003ci\u003eChristine Isom-Verhaaren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III. 17th-18th Centuries. Upheaval and Transformation: From Conquest to Administrative State\u003cbr\u003e12. The Sultan's Advisors and their Opinions on the Identity of the Real Ottoman Elite, 1580-1653 \/ \u003ci\u003eLinda T. Darling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Fleeing \"The Vomit of Infidelity\": Borders, Conversion, and Muslim Women's Agency in the Early Modern Mediterranean \/ \u003ci\u003eEric Dursteller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e14. Policing Morality: Crossing Gender Communal Boundaries in an Age of Political Crisis and Religious Controversy in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul \/ \u003ci\u003eFariba Zarinebaf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Leaving France, \"Turning Turk,\" Becoming Ottoman: The Transformation of Comte Claude-Alexandre de Bonneval into Humbaraci Ahmed Pasha \/ \u003ci\u003eJulia Landweber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Out of Africa, into the Palace: The Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuch \/ \u003ci\u003eJane Hathaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. The Province Goes to the Center: The Case of Hadjiyorgakis Kornesios, Dragoman \u003cbr\u003eof Cyprus \/ \u003ci\u003eAntonis Hadjikyriacou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart IV. 19th-20th Centuries. Modernity, Mass Politics, and Nationalism: From Empire to Nation-state\u003cbr\u003e18. Ruler Visibility, Modernity, and Ethno-nationalism in the Late Ottoman Empire \/ \u003ci\u003eDarin Stephanov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Muslims' Contribution to Science and Ottoman Identity \/ \u003ci\u003eM. Alper Yalçinkaya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Migrants, Revolutionaries, and Spies: Surveillance, Politics, and Ottoman Identity in the United States \/ \u003ci\u003eDavid Gutman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. Ottomanism among the Greek Orthodox at the End of Empire: The Multiple Loyalties of Pavlos Carolidis \/ \u003ci\u003eVangelis Kechriotis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22. Zionism in the Era of Ottoman Brotherhood \/ \u003ci\u003eMichelle U. Campos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eConnections and Questions to Consider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400552751447,"sku":"9780253019431","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253019431.jpg?v=1730470964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/living-in-the-ottoman-realm-9780253019431","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}