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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781954803321

Autore

Kuehn Thomas

Titolo

Empire, Islam, and politics of difference [[electronic resource] ] : Ottoman rule in Yemen, 1849-1919 / / by Thomas Kuehn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-31070-8

9786613310705

90-04-21208-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, , 1380-6076 ; ; v. 48

Disciplina

953.304

Soggetti

Turks - Yemen (Republic) - History - 19th century

Turks - Yemen (Republic) - History - 20th century

Yemen (Republic) History 19th century

Yemen (Republic) History 20th century

Yemen (Republic) Colonization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The 'return of the Turks': the campaigns of 1871-73 and the context of Tanzimat imperialism -- Imperial visions : knowledge production, empire, and the creation of difference, 1849-75 -- 'According to their customs and dispositions' : elaborating politics of difference in Ottoman Yemen, 1874-91 -- Struggling for a righteous order : the rise of the Zaydi imams and the reconfiguration of difference, 1890-1908 -- An imperial borderland as colony? the Daan agreement and the reaffirmation of colonial Ottomanism, 1905-19.

Sommario/riassunto

Historians of the Middle East in the long nineteenth century have often considered empire-building the preserve of European powers. This book revises this picture by exploring how the Ottomans re-conquered and ruled large parts of present-day Yemen between 1849 and the end of World War I, after more than two centuries of independence under local dynasties. Drawing on a wide range of sources and on recent scholarship on empire and colonialism Empire, Islam, and Politics of Difference shows how the concepts and practices of Ottoman imperial



rule were shaped through the encounters between Ottoman officials, their European rivals, and local communities. The result is a fresh look at the nature of governance in the late Ottoman Empire more generally.