Between two worlds : the construction of the Ottoman state /

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Author / Creator:Kafadar, Cemal, 1954-
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 221 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101214
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ISBN:9780520918054
0520918053
0585041040
9780585041049
0520088077
1299974570
9781299974579
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
English.
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Summary:Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire-the longest-lived political entity in human history-shows the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into.
Other form:Print version: Kafadar, Cemal, 1954- Between two worlds. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995 0520088077
Standard no.:10.1525/9780520918054