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The Ottomans and the Balkans a discussion of historiography / edited by Fikret Adanir and Suraiya Faroqhi.

Contributor(s): Adanır, Fikret | Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 25.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002. Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: ISBN: 1280464453; 9786610464456; 1417536659; 9047400607Subject(s): Balkan Peninsula -- Relations -- Turkey -- Historiography | Turkey -- Relations -- Balkan Peninsula -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 949.6/02/072 LOC classification: DR38.3.T9 | O88 2002
Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One. Bad Times and Better Self: Definitions of Identity and Strategies for Development in Late Ottoman Historiography, 1850-1900; Chapter Two. Research Problems concerning the Transition to Tourkokratia: the Byzantinist Standpoint; Chapter Three. The Ottoman Empire in the Historiography of the Kemalist Era: a Theory of Fatal Decline; Chapter Four. Non-Muslim Minorities in the Historiography of Republican Turkey: the Greek Case; Chapter Five. Ottoman Rule Experienced and Remembered: Remarks on Some Local Greek Chronicles of the Tourkokratia
Chapter Six. Islamization in the Balkans as a Historiographical Problem: the Southeast-European PerspectiveChapter Seven. The Formation of a 'Muslim' Nation in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Historiographic Discussion; Chapter Eight. Hungarian Studies in Ottoman History; Chapter Nine. Coping with the Central State, Coping with Local Power: Ottoman Regions and Notables from the Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century; List of contributors; Bibliography; Index
Summary: A discussion of historiography concerning the Ottoman Empire. It analyzes how the historiographies established in various national states have viewed the Empire and its legacy, and explores the links of 20th-century historiography with the rich historical tradition of the Ottoman Empire itself.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-427) and index.

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One. Bad Times and Better Self: Definitions of Identity and Strategies for Development in Late Ottoman Historiography, 1850-1900; Chapter Two. Research Problems concerning the Transition to Tourkokratia: the Byzantinist Standpoint; Chapter Three. The Ottoman Empire in the Historiography of the Kemalist Era: a Theory of Fatal Decline; Chapter Four. Non-Muslim Minorities in the Historiography of Republican Turkey: the Greek Case; Chapter Five. Ottoman Rule Experienced and Remembered: Remarks on Some Local Greek Chronicles of the Tourkokratia

Chapter Six. Islamization in the Balkans as a Historiographical Problem: the Southeast-European PerspectiveChapter Seven. The Formation of a 'Muslim' Nation in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Historiographic Discussion; Chapter Eight. Hungarian Studies in Ottoman History; Chapter Nine. Coping with the Central State, Coping with Local Power: Ottoman Regions and Notables from the Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century; List of contributors; Bibliography; Index

A discussion of historiography concerning the Ottoman Empire. It analyzes how the historiographies established in various national states have viewed the Empire and its legacy, and explores the links of 20th-century historiography with the rich historical tradition of the Ottoman Empire itself.

English