ISBN: 9781845112912 - governing property, making the modern state: law, administration and production in ottoman syria (library of ottoman studies) (5 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. Was modernity in the Middle East an imported piecemeal from the West? Did Ottoman society really consist of islands of sophistication in a sea of tribal conservatism, as has often been claimed? Not only affecting the way we look at Ottoman society, this b.

Zustand: New. Was 'modernity' in the Middle East an imported piecemeal from the West? Did Ottoman society really consist of islands of sophistication in a sea of tribal conservatism, as has often been claimed? Not only affecting the way we look at Ottoman society, this book aims to change our understanding of the relationship between East, West and modernity. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, geneal. tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648. . 2007. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Was 'modernity' in the Middle East merely imported piecemeal from the West Did Ottoman society really consist of islands of sophistication in a sea of tribal conservatism, as has so often been claimed In this groundbreaking new book, Martha Mundy and Richard Saumarez Smith draw on over a decade of primary source research to argue that, contrary to such stereotypes, a distinctively Ottoman process of modernisation was achieved by the end of the nineteenth century with great social consequences for all who lived through it. Modernisation touched women as intimately as men: the authors' careful work explores the impact of Ottoman legal reforms, such as granting women equal rights to land. Mundy and Saumarez Smith have painstakingly recreated a picture of such processes through both new archival material and the testimony of surviving witnesses to the period. This book will not only affect the way we look at Ottoman society, it will change our understanding of the relationship between East, West and modernity.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 306 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.