Empire of Salons : Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands

A history of the Ottoman incorporation of Arab lands that shows how gentlemanly salons shaped culture, society, and governanceHistorians have typically linked Ottoman imperial cohesion in the sixteenth century to the bureaucracy or the sultan's court. In Empire of Salons, Helen Pfeifer points i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pfeifer, Helen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Salons.
Political culture.
Associations, institutions, etc.
HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
Salons litteraires > Turquie > İstanbul > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Salons litteraires > Égypte > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Salons > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 16th century.
Salons > Syria > Damascas > History > 16th century.
Salons > Egypt > History > 16th century.
Political culture > Turkey > History > 16th century.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Turkey > History > 16th century.
Turkey > Istanbul.
Turkey.
Egypt.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Usage
  • Introduction
  • 1. A World Divided
  • 2. An Empire Connecting
  • 3. A Place in the Elite
  • 4. The Art of Conversation
  • 5. The Transmission of Knowledge
  • 6. An Empire Polarized
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Key Figures
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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