Changing Subjects, Moving Objects : Status, Mobility, and Social Transformation in Southeastern Europe, 1700–1850 / Constanta Vintila
| Changing Subjects, Moving Objects : Status, Mobility, and Social Transformation in Southeastern Europe, 1700–1850 / Constanta Vintila |
| Autore | Vintila Constanta |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 305.800904 |
| Collana | Balkan Studies Library |
| Soggetto topico |
identity
Self-Fashioning Network Patronage Microhistory Wallachia Moldavia Ottoman Empire Habsburg Monarchy Loyalty |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Home or Away: Foreigners and Their Paths Into the Sources -- Who Were the Foreigners? -- Princely Subjects and Ottoman Subjects -- Sudiţi and Protégés -- Content and Structure -- Part I Foreigners at the Phanariot Court -- Chapter 1: Foreign Secretaries and Phanariot Princes -- Education, Letters of Recommendation, Networks -- Patrons and Clients: Princely Secretaries Between Phanariot Greeks and French Ambassadors -- What Did a Secretary Do? -- Adapting and Adopting a Way of Life -- From Secretary to Consul -- Cultural Intermediaries and Knowledge Transfer -- The Adventure and Danger of the Foreign -- Secretaries and Boyars: Foreigners and Their Reception -- Chapter 2: Princely Secretary François-Thomas Linchou -- Pour l'honneur de la nation: From French Linchou to Ottoman Subject -- Wax, Honey, and Cattle -- Linchou's Commercial and Diplomatic Dealings -- Re'âyâ v. françois -- Part II Loyalty and Subjecthood in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter 3: Phanariots and Boyars at the Borders of Empires -- 'The Prince Has Died and at His Mourning We Should Rejoice.' -- In Search of the Greeks -- The Curialization of the Boyars -- 'For Him to be Again Alpha and Omega': Patronage and Kinship -- Identification and Loyalty -- Waiting for Peace: Subjecthood as an Oriental Embroidery -- Chapter 4: A Wallachian Dignitary at the Crossroads of Empires: Ianache Văcărescu -- Life and Family Background -- Circulation of Objects, Circulation of People: Ottoman Coffee v. European Coffee -- In shalwar and işlic to Vienna -- Being a Boyar: Luxury, Civility, and Prestige -- Far from Vienna: Working on an 'Ottoman History' -- Part III Seeking a Home: People and Destinies in Southeastern Europe.
Chapter 5: Ottomans, Serbs, Bulgarians, Greeks, Wallachians, Moldavians: Subjects, Protégés, and Their Journeys Through the Empires -- Who Are 'The Subjects of the Prince'? -- Seeking a Patron on the Danube Frontier -- A House Here, Kin Over There: Multiple Belongings -- One Individual, Different Subjecthoods: Sudiți and Protégés -- Ahmet, Ahmet, and Ahmet: Ottomans and Christians -- Chapter 6: Dimitrie Foti Merişescu and His Journey -- Education -- Who is Dimitrie Merişescu -- The Context of the Narrative -- In the Shadow of Ioan Hagi Moscu -- Journeys Through the Deeper Reaches of a Country -- Journeys Into the Feminine Universe and the Mysteries of Love -- Love in a Time of Plague -- A Princely Wedding -- On the Road to Tsarigrad -- Post-Journey Destinies -- Part IV Women, Consumption, and Patronage -- Chapter 7: Women and Their Well-Being -- Women and Their Goods -- The Matrimonial Policies of the Phanariots -- Women and Luxury Consumption -- The Countesses: Seeking a Destiny -- Chapter 8: Women and Their Role in a Network: A Wife and Her Husband's Career: The Hartulari Family -- Elena Hartulari: Education -- The Linguistic Experience of Love -- Women and Social Networks -- Consumption and Sociability -- Consumption and Knowledge -- Epilogue -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910776172203321 |
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| Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2022 | ||
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Race, empire, and the idea of human development / Thomas McCarthy
| Race, empire, and the idea of human development / Thomas McCarthy |
| Autore | McCarthy, Thomas <1940- > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | VIII, 253 p. ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 305.800904 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Imperialismo
Razze umane - Teorie - Sec. 19-20 |
| ISBN | 9780521740432 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990009457400403321 |
McCarthy, Thomas <1940- >
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| Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009 | ||
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