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The first English-language anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela draw from a vast array of historical sources to illustrate important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Islamic Central A…
Chronicles the political, social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire from th thirteenth century to 1923.
Chronicles the political, social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire from th thirteenth century to 1923.
Introduction: masculinity and cultural citizenship -- Imagining tradition: the Turkish villager -- Between cinema and social work: rescuing the Muslim woman from the Muslim man -- Negotiating stigmatization -- Recovering honor and respect -- The honor killing -- National controv…
The covered Muslim woman is a common spectacle in Western media{u2014}a victim of male brutality, the oppressed and suffering wife or daughter. And the resulting negative stereotypes of Muslim men, stereotypes reinforced by the post-9/11 climate in which he is seen as a potentia…
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.
"The story of one of the greatest-ever battles, a few men under the Knights of St John against a huge Turkish armada, written as witnessed by a participating soldier"--Provided by publisher
Talking about the Enemy: Erasmus Francisci's (1627-1694) Writings about the Turk -- The Turk in Fact and Fiction: Eberhard Werner Happel (1647-1690) -- Crossing Borders: The Adventures of Speer's Improbable Heroes, Simplicissimus and Eulenspiegel -- Conclusion. "Even a casual p…