- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
For many years, Ottomanist historians have been accustomed to study the Ottoman Empire and/or its constituent regions as entities insulated from the outside world, except when it came to 'campaigns and conquests' on the one hand, and 'incorporation into the European-dominated world economy' on the other. However, now many scholars have come to accept that the Ottoman Empire was one of the - not very numerous - long-lived 'world empires' that have emerged in history. This comparative social history compares the Ottoman to another of the great world empires, that of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent, exploring source criticism, diversities in the linguistic and religious fields as political problems, and the fates of ordinary subjects including merchants, artisans, women and slaves.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Spelling and Transliteration
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Part 1 Approaching the Sources
- 1 Texts in Context: Relating Primary to Secondary Sources
- 2 The Trouble with Imagery
- Part 2 Running Two Empires: Diversity and Disagreement as Political Problems
- 3 Geopolitical Constraints, Military Affairs and Financial Administration
- 4 Legitimizing Monarchic Rule Amid Religious and Linguistic Diversity
- Part 3 ‘Ordinary People’ in Business and at Work
- 5 Towns and Cities
- 6 Investigating the Business of Merchants
- 7 Early Modern Crafts in the Ottoman and Indian Orbits
- 8 Rural Life in the Indian and Ottoman Environments
- 9 On the Margins of Society: Women, Servants, Low-Caste People and Slaves
- Conclusion
- Timeline
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright