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The dragoman renaissance : diplomatic interpreters and the routes of orientalism /

"This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethno-linguistic, political, and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rothman, E. Natalie (Ella Natalie), 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book studies the role of dragomans (diplomatic interpreter-translators) in mediating ethno-linguistic, political, and religious relations between the Ottoman Empire and its European neighbors from ca. 1550 to ca. 1730. It considers both their Istanbul-centered social lives, and how the dictionaries, reports, and visual representations they created were central to the production of Europeanist knowledge about the Ottoman world"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501758508
1501758500
9781501758485
1501758489