Formation Of The Modern State.Formation Of The Modern State Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj Syracuse University Press Syracuse University Press, founded in 1943, is a university press that is part of Syracuse University. External link
1600 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210 SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu 0815630859 $19.95 1-800-365-8929 Now in an updated second edition with extensive new material, Formation Of The Modern State: The Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire (ŏt`əmən), vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman I until its dissolution in 1918. , Sixteenth To Eighteenth Centuries is a history classic by Rifa'at'Ali Abou-El-Haj, professor of modern Near East and European history. Based strongly on primary sources and written with a conscious slant toward theorizing, Formation Of The Modern State challenges readers to rethink re·think tr. & intr.v. re·thought , re·think·ing, re·thinks To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration. re their most common assumptions about the Ottoman Empire and its lasting contribution to world history. In particular, Formation Of The Modern State questions long-held status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. beliefs of the Ottoman Empire as a society in decay, pointing to evidence of modernity and vitality vi·tal·i·ty n. 1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop. 2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. in the Empire and contrasting such evidence with corresponding European and Asian governments of the day. A scholarly re-examination, highly recommended for students of world history. |
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