Record Nr.

UNINA9910780073903321

Autore

Faroqhi Suraiya <1941->

Titolo

Approaching Ottoman history : an introduction to the sources / / Suraiya Faroqhi [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN


1-107-11822-0
0-511-00687-X
1-280-16213-9
0-511-11807-4
0-511-15024-5
0-511-31008-0
0-511-60571-4
0-511-04878-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

956.1/015

Soggetti

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ENTERING THE FIELD; 3 LOCATING OTTOMAN SOURCES; 4 RURAL LIFE AS REFLECTED IN ARCHIVAL SOURCES: SELECTED EXAMPLES; 5 EUROPEAN SOURCES ON OTTOMAN HISTORY: THE TRAVELERS; 6 ON THE RULES OF WRITING (AND READING) OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WORKS; 7 PERCEPTIONS OF EMPIRE: VIEWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THROUGH GENERAL HISTORIES; 8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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.