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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826225503321

Autore

Aymes Marc

Titolo

A provincial history of the Ottoman Empire : Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean in the nineteenth century / / Marc Aymes ; translated from the French by Adrian Morfee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-8153-6112-2

1-135-04144-X

0-203-79372-2

1-135-04145-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; ; 20

Disciplina

956.9/015

Soggetti

Eastern question

Cyprus History 19th century

Cyprus History Turkish rule, 1571-1878

Mediterranean Region History 1815-1914

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

Cover ; A Provincial History of the Ottoman Empire; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Explanatory note; List of abbreviations; Introduction: questioning the province; 1 The nation-as-history; 2 Ottoman entanglements; 3 Eventful synchronicities: the scales of the 'Eastern Question'; 4 Europe absorbed: territorial imprints; 5 A departing world?; Conclusion: provincial empire; Sources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past two centuries.</P><P></P><P>Leaving their mark on this period are; the turmoil of insurgency in Greece and Egypt, a growing intervention of European Powers in Eastern Mediterranean politics, and the unfolding of large reform projects within the administration of the Ottoman Empire. Whilst these developments have prompted enduring debates over



Middle Eastern paths of transformation, the case of Cyprus has remained