Suraiya N. Faroqhi is Professor at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. Her most recent publications include Subjects of the Sultans, Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire (2000), and The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It (2004).
1. Introduction Suraiya Faroqhi
2. Ecology of the Ottoman lands Wolf Hütteroth
Part I. An Empire in Transition: 3. Political and diplomatic developments Christoph K. Neumann
4. Political culture and the great households Carter Findley
5. War and peace Virginia Aksan
6. Public finances, the role of the Ottoman centre Linda Darling
Part II. The Centre and the Provinces: 7. The Ottoman centre vs. provincial power holders Dina Khoury
8. Semi-autonomous forces in the Balkans and Anatolia Fikret Adanir
9. Semi-autonomous forces in the Arab provinces Bruce Masters
Part III. Social, Religious and Political Groups: 10. The Ottoman ulema Madeline Zilfi
11. Muslim women in the early modern era Madeline Zilfi
12. The Ottoman Jews Minna Rozen
13. Christians in a changing world Bruce Masters
Part IV. Making a Living: 14. Capitulations and western trade Edhem Eldem
15. Guildsmen and handicraft producers Suraiya Faroqhi
16. Declines and revivals in textile production Suraiya Faroqhi
17. Rural life Suraiya Faroqhi
Part V. Culture and the Arts: 18. The Ottoman musical tradition Cem Behar
19. Arts and architecture Tülay Artan
20. Ottoman literature Hatice Aynur
Chronology
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