Approaching Ottoman history : an introduction to the sources /
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Author / Creator: | Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117215 |
Summary: | Suraiya Faroqhi's scholarly contribution to the field of Ottoman history has been prodigious. Her latest book represents a summation of that scholarship, an introduction to the state-of-the-art in Ottoman history. In a compelling exploration of the ways that primary and secondary sources can be used to interpret history, the author reaches out to students and researchers in the field and in related disciplines to familiarise them with these documents. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she explains why they were prepared, encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings, and disabusing them of the notion that everything recorded in official documents is necessarily true While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for those about to embark upon their research, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation of the field. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-250) and index. |
ISBN: | 051100687X 9780511006876 0511118074 9780511118074 0511033540 9780511033544 9780521666480 0521666481 9780521661683 0521661684 9780511605710 0511605714 9786610162130 6610162131 0052166481 9780052166480 |