Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Entering the field
- 3 Locating Ottoman sources
- 4 Rural life as reflected in archival sources: selected examples
- 5 European sources on Ottoman history: the travellers
- 6 On the rules of writing (and reading) Ottoman historical works
- 7 Perceptions of empire: viewing the Ottoman Empire through general histories
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Entering the field
- 3 Locating Ottoman sources
- 4 Rural life as reflected in archival sources: selected examples
- 5 European sources on Ottoman history: the travellers
- 6 On the rules of writing (and reading) Ottoman historical works
- 7 Perceptions of empire: viewing the Ottoman Empire through general histories
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Approaching Ottoman HistoryAn Introduction to the Sources, pp. 222 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999