Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800

By Gerald MacLean

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230019676
• ISBN13: 9780230019676
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"