The Ottomans and the Balkans : : a discussion of historiography / / editors, Fikret Adanir, Suraiya Faroqhi.

• Superior document: Ottoman Empire and its heritage, v. 25
• TeilnehmendeR: Adanır, Fikret.; Faroqhi, Suraiya, 1941-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 445 pages).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

A discussion of historiography concerning the Ottoman Empire. It analyzes how the historiographies established in various national states have viewed the Empire and its legacy, and explores the links of 20th-century historiography with the rich historical tradition of the Ottoman Empire itself.

Table of Contents

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One. Bad Times and Better Self: Definitions of Identity and Strategies for Development in Late Ottoman Historiography, 1850-1900; Chapter Two. Research Problems concerning the Transition to Tourkokratia: the Byzantinist Standpoint; Chapter Three. The Ottoman Empire in the Historiography of the Kemalist Era: a Theory of Fatal Decline; Chapter Four. Non-Muslim Minorities in the Historiography of Republican Turkey: the Greek Case; Chapter Five. Ottoman Rule Experienced and Remembered: Remarks on Some Local Greek Chronicles of the Tourkokratia

Chapter Six. Islamization in the Balkans as a Historiographical Problem: the Southeast-European Perspective; Chapter Seven. The Formation of a 'Muslim' Nation in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Historiographic Discussion; Chapter Eight. Hungarian Studies in Ottoman History; Chapter Nine. Coping with the Central State, Coping with Local Power: Ottoman Regions and Notables from the Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century; List of contributors; Bibliography; Index