Empire, Islam, and Politics of Difference

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-42732-7
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Brill

Historians of the Middle East in the long nineteenth century have often considered empire-building the preserve of European powers. This book revises that picture by exploring how the Ottomans re-conquered and ruled large parts of present-day Yemen between 1849 and the end of World War I, after more than two centuries of independence under local dynasties. Drawing on a wide range of sources and on recent scholarship on empire and colonialism, Empire, Islam, and Politics of Difference shows how the concepts and practices of Ottoman imperial rule were shaped through the encounters between Ottoman officials, their European rivals, and local communities. The result is a fresh look at the nature of governance in the late Ottoman Empire more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuehn, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Kuehn, Ph.D. (2005) in History and Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, is Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Simon Fraser University. He has published extensively on the politics and culture of late Ottoman imperial rule in Arabia.