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Title: An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire: Volume 1, 1300-1600 by Halil Inalcik ISBN: 0-521-57456-0 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: from the archives: nuts and bolts about agriculture & trade
Comment: I wouldn't say that social history enters much into the book. The authors have written a straightforward translation and interpretation of the Ottoman archives laying out patterns in revenue from land taxes and customs fees. Reading like a series of focused essays without quite as much synthesis as I would like, still it was a worthwhile read. Most valuable were the new insights I got into the relative importance of trades routes and the organization of land ownership and taxation over time. Also interesting to see was the primacy of slaves and silk in the customs revenue stream, and the impact of commercial motives on Ottoman military expansion. All in all, this is a fine book for those wanting deep knowledge of the early Ottoman economy, civil and state.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best in Ottoman Studies
Comment: People often avoid books like this because they are not as easy readers as "popular" history books, which often do rely on other people's research. Inalcik's work is amazingly detailed and accurate in details. This book is one of his many valuable contributions to this field. Understanding the economic and social forces at play in this time period has an importance beyond the Ottoman history, as most readers of this book would agree.
Rating: 5
Summary: best book about this subject
Comment: According to my knowledge this is the best book ever written about Ottoman History. Instead of reading nonscholar books like Lord Kinross's Ottoman Century's I recommend it to everbody. This book studies economic history of Ottoman empire which is essential to understant political history and so on. A must read for all interested about Ottomna history.
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Title: An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire: Volume 2, 1600-1914 by Suraiya Faroqhi, Bruce McGowan, Donald Quataert, Sevket Pamuk ISBN: 0521574552 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
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Title: Phoenix: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600 by Halil Inalcik ISBN: 1842124420 Publisher: Phoenix Press, London WC2 Pub. Date: 31 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power by Colin Imber ISBN: 0333613864 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe by Daniel Goffman, William Beik, T. C. W. Blanning ISBN: 0521459087 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 25 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times by Jerry H. Bentley ISBN: 0195076400 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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