Foundations of Modernity: Human Agency and the Imperial State

ISBN-13: 9780415884648 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Isa Blumi

Opis

'Foundations of Modernity' moves the study of the modern empire towards a comparative, trans-regional analysis of events along the Ottoman frontiers. This inter-disciplinary approach of studying events at different ends of the Ottoman Empire challenges previous emphasis on Europe as the only source of change.

Spis treści

@contents:Introduction. Relocating the Great Transformation in the Balkans and Arabia  1. The Local Scramble for Ascendancy and the Demise of the "Era"  2. Demarcating Imperial Boundaries and the Rise of Difference  3. Beyond the Frontier: Subduing the Agents of Change  4. Diasporic Agency and the Shifts in the Possibilities of Empire  5. Capitalizing Empires and the Political Economy of Reform  Conclusion

O autorze

Isa Blumi, PhD (2005 NYU), is currently a Fellow at the Centre for Area Studies at Leipzig University. He teaches Balkan, Middle Eastern and world history at Georgia State University. His previous books include Rethinking the Late Ottoman Empire (2003); Chaos in Yemen (2010 with Routledge) and Reinstating the Ottomans (2011).