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Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution
Contributor(s): Philliou, Christine M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0520266331     ISBN-13: 9780520266339
Publisher: University of California Press
OUR PRICE: $66.15  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - General
Dewey: 956.015
LCCN: 2010013361
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.40 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Features: Bibliography, Index
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 158607
Reading Level: 2.7   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
This vividly detailed revisionist history opens a new vista on the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories--ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Christine Philliou brilliantly shines a new light on imperial crisis and change in the 1820s and 1830s by unearthing the life of one man. Stephanos Vogorides (1780-1859) was part of a network of Christian elites known phanariots, institutionally excluded from power yet intimately bound up with Ottoman governance. By tracing the contours of the wide-ranging networks--crossing ethnic, religious, and institutional boundaries--in which the phanariots moved, Philliou provides a unique view of Ottoman power and, ultimately, of the Ottoman legacies in the Middle East and Balkans today. What emerges is a wide-angled analysis of governance as a lived experience at a moment in which there was no clear blueprint for power.
 
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