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Untold Histories of the Middle East

Recovering Voices from the 19th and 20th Centuries

Herausgeber: Singer, Amy; Somel, Selcuk Aksin; Neumann, Christoph

Beschreibung

This book examines the historiography of the Middle East and the consequent silences or omissions. It provides a collection of important histories from the modern era, particularly relating to the break-up of the Ottoman Empire, to give a fuller account of the society, culture and politics of the period.

Autor

Amy Singer is Professor of Ottoman history at Tel Aviv University. Her research focuses on the Ottoman public kitchens (imaret), and on the city of Edirne. She won the 2008 Sak¿p Sabanc¿ International Research Award in Turkish Studies for 'The Persistence of Philanthropy'. Christoph K. Neumann is chair of Turkish Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. He has published widely on Ottoman history. He did research and taught at the Orient-Institute in Istanbul, in Prague and again at different universities in Istanbul. Selçuk Ak¿in Somel is Assistant Professor of Ottoman History at Sabanci University, Turkey. He specializes in Ottoman education, gender history, legitimacy and power, and peripheral populations. He previously taught at Freiburg University, and Bilkent University, Ankara.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415570107
• ISBN-10: 0415570107
• Artikelnr.: 32066135