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Looking East : English Writing and the Ottoman Empire before 1800 /

Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacLean, Gerald (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
European History.
History of the Middle East.
Modern History.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Literature, Modern.
Social history.
Europe > History.
Middle East > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West is a false and dangerous myth.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 300 pages)
ISBN:9780230591844
DOI:10.1057/9780230591844