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
Subject:	Historiography. Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Historiography. Turkey. Electronic books. History.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chronology
Introduction. Background and overview ; Identity and influence in the history of nations
The moderns. The rise of the Ottoman state in modern historiography ; The Wittek thesis and its critics
The sources. Gaza and Gazis in the frontier narratives of medieval Anatolia ; The chronicles of the House of Osman and their flavor: onion or garlic?
The Ottomans: the construction of the Ottoman state. Strategizing for alliances and conflicts: the early Beglik ; Into the limelight and the rise of tensions
Epilogue: The creation of an imperial political technology and ideology.

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