Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution Contributor(s): Philliou, Christine M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520266358 ISBN-13: 9780520266353 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: 956.015 |
LCCN: 2010013361 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 158607 Reading Level: 2.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This vividly detailed revisionist history opens a new vista on the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories--ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Christine Philliou brilliantly shines a new light on imperial crisis and change in the 1820s and 1830s by unearthing the life of one man. Stephanos Vogorides (1780-1859) was part of a network of Christian elites known phanariots, institutionally excluded from power yet intimately bound up with Ottoman governance. By tracing the contours of the wide-ranging networks--crossing ethnic, religious, and institutional boundaries--in which the phanariots moved, Philliou provides a unique view of Ottoman power and, ultimately, of the Ottoman legacies in the Middle East and Balkans today. What emerges is a wide-angled analysis of governance as a lived experience at a moment in which there was no clear blueprint for power. |