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Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 50.00This book provides a general overview of the daily life in a vast empire which contained numerous ethnic, linguistic, and religious communities. more...
Erinnerungskultur in Südosteuropa
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 182.00The wars and processes of change in Southeast Europe in recent years have demonstrated the significant role that outdated myths, legends and traditions still play in the region. This volume from the Southeast Europe Commission of the Göttingen Academy of Science collects case studies on the culture of memory from its beginnings through to the 20th... more...
Allies with the Infidel
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 95.00In 1543, the Ottoman fleet appeared off the coast of France to bombard and lay siege to the city of Nice. The operation, under the command of Admiral Barbarossa, came in response to a request from Francois I of France for assistance from Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in France's struggle against Charles V, the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor and... more...
Europa und die Türkei im 18. Jahrhundert / Europe and Turkey in the 18th Century
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 60.28Hauptbeschreibung Thema dieses Bandes sind die interkulturellen Kontakte und die wechselseitige Wahrnehmung zwischen der Türkei und Europa im 18. Jahrhundert. Die »Türkengefahr«, eines der wichtigsten Antagonismusnarrative der frühen Neuzeit, verblasste nach der osmanischen Niederlage bei der zweiten Belagerung Wiens 1683, und das Bild des Türken... more...
The Balkan Wars
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.00A sweeping history of the Balkans that probes the ancient roots of the genocidal passions in modern Europe's most volatile region. more...
The Aftermath of War
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95This groundbreaking volume provides a series of analyses of experiences and social attitudes in the Western Balkans in the aftermath of the wars of Yugoslav succession. Based on survey data from 22,000 respondents, the editors have created a volume which contributes to our understanding of both specific war-related effects as well as a detailed description... more...
The Balkans in the New Millennium
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of Europe rather than being an arena of periodic conflicts, political misrule, and economic misery? In the last years of the twentieth century, Western states watched with alarm as a wave of conflicts swept... more...
The State and Kurds in Turkey
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00Uniquely, Metin Heper suggests a theory of acculturation (rather than assimilation) captures the nature of State-Kurd interaction in Turkey, by not leaving any part of that interaction unaccounted for. more...
Social Theory and Later Modernities
Liverpool University Press 2004; US$ 70.00The debate on varieties of modernity is central to current social theory and research, and this book explores the theme in relation to the culture and society of Turkey. The book focuses on the Kemalist project to create a modern Turkish nation-state, analysing its historical background, the role of concepts of ethnicity and nation, and the configurations... more...
Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 120.00Is it possible to identify the ‘essence’ of Ottoman kingship? And if so, what were the core motivating principles that governed the dynasty over its 600 year lifespan and how continuous and consistent were they? Following the death of the dynasty’s eponymous founder Osman in 1324, 35 successors held the throne. Despite... more...









