The Well-protected Domains - Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (Paperback)

The Ottoman Empire was the only great European Muslim power and was at one time the most serious threat to European Christendom. Yet, by the turn of the nineteenth century, it was a crumbling power that, paradoxically, retained a strong military force. The Well-Protected Domains examines this anomaly, showing how the late Ottoman state grappled with the challenges of the modernity then changing the world. Selim Deringil traces the Ottoman state's pursuit of egitimation in many spheres of public life: state ceremonial, the iconography of buildings, the honours system, the language of the chancery, the proto- nationalist reformulation of Islamic legal practices, the efforts to inculcate the idea of 'Ottoman citizenry' through an expanded education system and the efforts of the Ottoman elite to present a 'civilized' image abroad. Based on unexplored sources in the Ottoman archives, The Well-Protected Domains brings to life the Hamidian period and provides readers with a unique view of the workings of the late Ottoman Empire.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	February 2011
Authors:	Selim Deringil
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-84885-786-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-84885-786-1
Barcode:	9781848857865

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