Empire of Difference by Karen Barkey
A comparative study of imperial organization and longevity in the Ottoman Empire. Barkey's research demonstrates that the flexible techniques by which the Ottomans maintained their legitimacy, the cooperation of their diverse elites, and their control over economic and human resources were responsible for the longevity of this 'negotiated empire'.
'… a book that is notable for influencing the present trend in Ottoman studies through its aims at reconsidering the roots of the Ottoman state-building process … exhibits a new step in [Barkey's] research on the very nature of the Ottoman Empire …' Nora Lafi, Comparativ
Karen Barkey is currently a Professor of Sociology and History at Columbia University. She is the author of Bandits and Bureaucrats: The Ottoman Route to State Centralization, winner of the Social Science History Award in 1995 and co-editor of After Empire: Multiethnic Societies and Nation-Building: The Soviet Union, and the Russian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires with Mark von Hagen. She has been awarded fellowships from the United States Institute of Peace, Social Science Research Council - MacArthur and National Humanities Center.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521715331 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521715334 |
| Title | Empire of Difference |
| Author | Karen Barkey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-06-23 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
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