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Frontiers of Ottoman Studies, v. 2 (Hardcover): Colin Imber, Keiko Kiyotaki, Rhoads Murphey Frontiers of Ottoman Studies, v. 2 (Hardcover)
Colin Imber, Keiko Kiyotaki, Rhoads Murphey
R4,583 Discovery Miles 45 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture of the past two decades. The second volume covers Ottoman-European International Relations; Ottoman manuscripts in Europe; Ottoman-European cultural exchange and Christian influence and the advent of the Europeans. The work makes a significant contribution to diplomatic history and international relations; Ottoman geographical knowledge; the nature of Ottoman artistic and cultural aesthetics and the intellectual, cultural, technological and human interactions between the Ottoman world and Europe.

The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829-842 - Court and Frontier in Byzantium During the Last Phase of Iconoclasm (Hardcover,... The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829-842 - Court and Frontier in Byzantium During the Last Phase of Iconoclasm (Hardcover, New Ed)
Juan Signes Codoner; Series edited by Leslie Brubaker, Anthony Bryer, John Haldon, Rhoads Murphey
R4,672 Discovery Miles 46 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Modern historiography has become accustomed to portraying the emperor Theophilos of Byzantium (829-842) in a favourable light, taking at face value the legendary account that makes of him a righteous and learned ruler, and excusing as ill fortune his apparent military failures against the Muslims. The present book considers events of the period that are crucial to our understanding of the reign and argues for a more balanced assessment of it. The focus lies on the impact of Oriental politics on the reign of Theophilos, the last iconoclast emperor. After introductory chapters, setting out the context in which he came to power, separate sections are devoted to the influence of Armenians at the court, the enrolment of Persian rebels against the caliphate in the Byzantine army, the continuous warfare with the Arabs and the cultural exchange with Baghdad, the Khazar problem, and the attitude of the Christian Melkites towards the iconoclast emperor. The final chapter reassesses the image of the emperor as a good ruler, building on the conclusions of the previous sections. The book reinterprets major events of the period and their chronology, and sets in a new light the role played by figures like Thomas the Slav, Manuel the Armenian or the Persian Theophobos, whose identity is established from a better understanding of the sources.

Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: Volume I (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Colin Imber, Rhoads Murphey, Keiko Kiyotaki Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: Volume I (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Colin Imber, Rhoads Murphey, Keiko Kiyotaki
R4,586 Discovery Miles 45 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Frontiers of Ottoman Studies" provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture over the past two decades. This first volume reflects the growing interest in the provinces, communities and cultures outside the imperial capital of Istanbul and covers four major areas: politics and Islam; economy and taxation; and development of Ottoman towns and Arab and Jewish communities. Chapters on the development of Ottoman legal and fiscal institutions provide a fascinating insight into the Ottoman government's interaction with the Empire's subjects, while reviews of Egypt and the Arab provinces emphasize the stirrings of Arab nationalism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that ultimately contributed to the demise of the Empire.

Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty - Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household, 1400-1800 (Hardcover): Rhoads... Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty - Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household, 1400-1800 (Hardcover)
Rhoads Murphey
R4,936 Discovery Miles 49 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Is it possible to identify the 'essence' of Ottoman kingship? And if so, what were the core principles that governed the dynasty over its 600 year lifespan? Following the death of the dynasty's eponymous founder Osman in 1324, 35 successors held the throne. Despite the wide range of character traits, dispositions and personal preferences, they led the expansion, stagnation and eventual collapse of the empire. Rhoades Murphey offers an alternative way of understanding the soul of the empire as reflected in its key ruling institution: the sultanate. For much of the period of centralized Ottoman rule between ca. 1450 and 1850 each of the dynasty's successive rulers developed and used the state bureaucratic apparatus to achieve their ruling priorities, based around the palace and court culture and rituals of sovereignty as well as the sultan's role as the head of the central state administrative apparatus.Sovereignty was attached to the person of the sultan who moved (with his court) both often and for prolonged stays away from his principal residence. In the period between 1360 and 1453 there were dual capitals at Bursa and Edirne (Adrianople) and even after 1453 several Ottoman sultans showed a preference for Edirne over Istanbul. Even Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent - held by the Ottomans, western contemporaries and modern analysts alike to be the pinnacle and paragon of Ottoman kingship - spent far more time away from his residence at the Topkapi Palace than in it. This book explores the growing complexity of the empire as it absorbed cultural influences and imperial legacies from a wide diversity of sources each in turn engendering a further interpretation of existing notions of kingship and definitions of the role and function of the ruler.

The Fading of the Maoist Vision - City and Country in China's Development (Hardcover): Rhoads Murphey The Fading of the Maoist Vision - City and Country in China's Development (Hardcover)
Rhoads Murphey
R7,927 Discovery Miles 79 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1980. This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century. The Fading of the Maoist Vision shows how the original Revolutionary blueprint was altered and the ways in which China has steered a different course from that charted by Mao as the ideological vision encountered an increasingly pressing set of economic realities. The book: * Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger context of global ideas about the problems of national development and by comparing them to the experience of India in its pursuit of the Gandhian ideal.

Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 (Hardcover): Rhoads Murphey Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 (Hardcover)
Rhoads Murphey
R4,486 Discovery Miles 44 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by western European states and the focus of much military concern. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in early modern history, Ottoman history, history of the Middle East and North Africa, and for military historians.

The Scope of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) (Paperback): Rhoads Murphey The Scope of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) (Paperback)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,070 R1,016 Discovery Miles 10 160 Save R54 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book introduces the beginning student to the major concepts, materials and tools of the discipline of geography. While it presents geographic theory, as whole and for each of its parts, the chief emphasis is on concrete analysis and example rather than on abstraction, an approach which has proven more successful for undergraduate courses than those with a more heavily theoretical bias. The text was extensively re-written for the third edition, which enhanced its clarity and effectiveness, with expanded cartographic coverage.

Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture, 16th-18th Centuries (Paperback): Rhoads Murphey Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture, 16th-18th Centuries (Paperback)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,571 Discovery Miles 15 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The studies presented in this collection are concerned most particularly with the material conditions of life in the mature Ottoman state of the 16th-18th centuries. They range from the evaluation of sources of livelihood and conditions in the workplace on the one hand, to notions of domesticity and organization of the private sphere on the other, and deal with the provinces, in both the Balkans and in Asia, as much as with Istanbul. At the same time the volume aims to illuminate Ottoman imperial institutional forms and norms as they existed in the high imperial era before the rapid change and transformation associated with late imperial times when the empire was more exposed both to global economic forces and external political pressures. This concentration on the relatively stable conditions that prevailed in the empire throughout the bulk of the early modern era (ca. 1450-ca. 1750) provides the reader with an opportunity to assess Ottoman institutional development and observe social and economic organization in their relatively 'pure' state before the double impact of industrialization and increasing Westernization in the late nineteenth century.

Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 (Paperback): Rhoads Murphey Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 (Paperback)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,325 Discovery Miles 13 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by western European states and the focus of much military concern. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in early modern history, Ottoman history, history of the Middle East and North Africa, and for military historians.

The Fading of the Maoist Vision - City and Country in China's Development (Paperback): Rhoads Murphey The Fading of the Maoist Vision - City and Country in China's Development (Paperback)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1980. This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century. The Fading of the Maoist Vision shows how the original Revolutionary blueprint was altered and the ways in which China has steered a different course from that charted by Mao as the ideological vision encountered an increasingly pressing set of economic realities. The book: * Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger context of global ideas about the problems of national development and by comparing them to the experience of India in its pursuit of the Gandhian ideal.

The Scope of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) (Hardcover): Rhoads Murphey The Scope of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) (Hardcover)
Rhoads Murphey
R2,733 Discovery Miles 27 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book introduces the beginning student to the major concepts, materials and tools of the discipline of geography. While it presents geographic theory, as whole and for each of its parts, the chief emphasis is on concrete analysis and example rather than on abstraction, an approach which has proven more successful for undergraduate courses than those with a more heavily theoretical bias. The text was extensively re-written for the third edition, which enhanced its clarity and effectiveness, with expanded cartographic coverage.

Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture, 16th-18th Centuries (Hardcover, New Ed): Rhoads Murphey Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture, 16th-18th Centuries (Hardcover, New Ed)
Rhoads Murphey
R4,631 Discovery Miles 46 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The studies presented in this collection are concerned most particularly with the material conditions of life in the mature Ottoman state of the 16th-18th centuries. They range from the evaluation of sources of livelihood and conditions in the workplace on the one hand, to notions of domesticity and organization of the private sphere on the other, and deal with the provinces, in both the Balkans and in Asia, as much as with Istanbul. At the same time the volume aims to illuminate Ottoman imperial institutional forms and norms as they existed in the high imperial era before the rapid change and transformation associated with late imperial times when the empire was more exposed both to global economic forces and external political pressures. This concentration on the relatively stable conditions that prevailed in the empire throughout the bulk of the early modern era (ca. 1450-ca. 1750) provides the reader with an opportunity to assess Ottoman institutional development and observe social and economic organization in their relatively 'pure' state before the double impact of industrialization and increasing Westernization in the late nineteenth century.

A History of Asia (Paperback, 8th edition): Rhoads Murphey, Kristin Stapleton A History of Asia (Paperback, 8th edition)
Rhoads Murphey, Kristin Stapleton
R4,719 Discovery Miles 47 190 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A History of Asia is the only textbook to provide a historical overview of the whole of this region, encompassing India, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Engaging and lively, it chronicles the complex political, social, and intellectual histories of the area from prehistory to the present day. Taking a comparative approach throughout, the book offers a balanced history of each major tradition, also dedicating coverage to countries or regions such as Vietnam and Central Asia that are less frequently discussed in depth. This eighth edition has been streamlined and updated to reflect the most recent scholarship on Asian history, bringing the book up to date with recent events and key trends in historical research. Highlights of the book include close-up portraits of significant Asian cities, detailed discussion of environmental factors that have shaped Asian history, quotes from Asian poetry and philosophical writing, and attention to questions of gender and national identity. Highly illustrated with images and maps, each chapter also contains discussion questions, primary source excerpts, and in-depth boxed features. Written clearly throughout, A History of Asia is the perfect introductory textbook for all students of the history, culture, and politics of this fascinating region.

Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean - Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule... Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean - Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule (Paperback)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,405 Discovery Miles 14 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The comparative study of empires has traditionally been addressed in the widest possible global historical perspective with comparison of New World empires such as the Aztecs and Incas side by side with the history of imperial Rome and the empires of China and Russia in the medieval and modern periods. Surprisingly little work has been carried out focusing on the evolution of state control and imperial administration in the same territory; approached in a rigorous and historically grounded fashion over a wide extent of historical time from late antiquity to the twentieth century. The empires of Rome, Byzantium, the Ottomans and the latter-day imperialists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, all inherited or seized and sought to develop overlapping parts of a common territorial base in the Eastern Mediterranean and all struggled to contain, control or otherwise alter the political, cultural and spiritual allegiances of the same indigenous population groups that were brought under their rule and administration. The task undertaken in Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean is to investigate the balance between continuity and change adopted at various historical conjunctures when new imperial regimes were established and to expose common features and shared approaches to the challenge of imperial rule that united otherwise divergent societies and imperial administrations. The work incorporates the contributions by twelve scholars, each leading practitioners in their respective fields and each contributing their particular insights on the shared theme of imperial identity and legacy in the Mediterranean World of the pagan, Christian and Muslim eras.

A History of Asia (Hardcover, 8th edition): Rhoads Murphey, Kristin Stapleton A History of Asia (Hardcover, 8th edition)
Rhoads Murphey, Kristin Stapleton
R6,037 Discovery Miles 60 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A History of Asia is the only textbook to provide a historical overview of the whole of this region, encompassing India, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Engaging and lively, it chronicles the complex political, social, and intellectual histories of the area from prehistory to the present day. Taking a comparative approach throughout, the book offers a balanced history of each major tradition, also dedicating coverage to countries or regions such as Vietnam and Central Asia that are less frequently discussed in depth. This eighth edition has been streamlined and updated to reflect the most recent scholarship on Asian history, bringing the book up to date with recent events and key trends in historical research. Highlights of the book include close-up portraits of significant Asian cities, detailed discussion of environmental factors that have shaped Asian history, quotes from Asian poetry and philosophical writing, and attention to questions of gender and national identity. Highly illustrated with images and maps, each chapter also contains discussion questions, primary source excerpts, and in-depth boxed features. Written clearly throughout, A History of Asia is the perfect introductory textbook for all students of the history, culture, and politics of this fascinating region.

Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean - Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule... Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean - Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule (Hardcover)
Rhoads Murphey
R4,930 Discovery Miles 49 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The comparative study of empires has traditionally been addressed in the widest possible global historical perspective with comparison of New World empires such as the Aztecs and Incas side by side with the history of imperial Rome and the empires of China and Russia in the medieval and modern periods. Surprisingly little work has been carried out focusing on the evolution of state control and imperial administration in the same territory; approached in a rigorous and historically grounded fashion over a wide extent of historical time from late antiquity to the twentieth century. The empires of Rome, Byzantium, the Ottomans and the latter-day imperialists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, all inherited or seized and sought to develop overlapping parts of a common territorial base in the Eastern Mediterranean and all struggled to contain, control or otherwise alter the political, cultural and spiritual allegiances of the same indigenous population groups that were brought under their rule and administration. The task undertaken in Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean is to investigate the balance between continuity and change adopted at various historical conjunctures when new imperial regimes were established and to expose common features and shared approaches to the challenge of imperial rule that united otherwise divergent societies and imperial administrations. The work incorporates the contributions by twelve scholars, each leading practitioners in their respective fields and each contributing their particular insights on the shared theme of imperial identity and legacy in the Mediterranean World of the pagan, Christian and Muslim eras.

The Mozartian Historian - Essays on the Works of Joseph R. Levenson (Paperback): Joseph Levenson The Mozartian Historian - Essays on the Works of Joseph R. Levenson (Paperback)
Joseph Levenson; Edited by Maurice Meisner, Rhoads Murphey
R956 Discovery Miles 9 560 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

A History of Asia - International Edition (Paperback, 7th New edition): Rhoads Murphey A History of Asia - International Edition (Paperback, 7th New edition)
Rhoads Murphey
R4,105 Discovery Miles 41 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A History of Asia is the only text to cover the area known as "monsoon Asia" - India, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia--from the earliest times to the present. Written by leading scholar Rhoads Murphey, the book uses an engaging, lively tone to chronicle the complex political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this area. Popular because of its scope and coverage, as well as its illustrations, maps, and many boxed primary sources, the new edition of A History of Asia continues as a leader in its field.

The Mozartian Historian - Essays on the Works of Joseph R. Levenson (Hardcover): Joseph Levenson The Mozartian Historian - Essays on the Works of Joseph R. Levenson (Hardcover)
Joseph Levenson; Edited by Maurice Meisner, Rhoads Murphey
R2,764 Discovery Miles 27 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700 (Paperback, None ed.): Rhoads Murphey Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700 (Paperback, None ed.)
Rhoads Murphey
R1,308 Discovery Miles 13 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ottoman Warfare is an impressive and original examination of the Ottoman military machine, detailing its success in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Focusing primarily on the evolution of the Ottoman military organization and its subsequent impact on Ottoman society in a period of change, the book redresses the historiographical imbalance in the existing literature, analyzing why the Ottomans were the focus of such intense military concern. Several books have been written on the fiscal, technological, tactical, and political dimensions of Ottoman military history; little has been attempted, however, to recreate or evoke the physical and psychological realities of war as experienced by Ottoman soldiers. Rhoads Murphey seeks to rectify this imbalance, favoring operational matters and providing a detailed study of a number of campaigns: we are offered, for example, vivid descriptions of life in the trenches with the diggers at Baghdad in 1638, who dug a total of five miles at 50 yards a day. Murphey's analysis does not focus on the Ottoman's success or failure in particular campaigns per se; he focuses on understanding the actual process of how the Ottoman military machine worked. This long-awaited work will become the definitive study of Ottoman warfare in the early modern period, and will be invaluable to those studying the Ottoman Empire and early modern European history in general.

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