Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 302 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0300170912
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0300179324
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0300126395
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9780300170917
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9780300179323
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9780300126396
Content:
"Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade and the enlightened tolerance of its people. The 'pashas' - merchants and travelers from Europe - discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic and diverse." "Ranging across two and a half centuries and through the great cities of Istanbul, Aleppo and Alexandria, James Mather tells the forgotten story of the men of the Levant Company who sought their fortunes in the Ottoman Empire. Their trade brought to the region not only merchants but ambassadors and envoys, pilgrims and chaplains, families and servants, aristocratic tourists and roving antiquarians. Together, their lives provide a fascinating insight into the meeting of East and West before the age of European imperialism."--Jacket
Content:
Prologue: Jerusalem -- pt. 1. Aleppo -- Peace and trade -- Trading places -- People of the book -- pt. 2. Constantinople -- Galata -- Ambassadores Objects of enquiry -- pt. 3. Alexandria -- Antique lands -- The last pashas -- Epilogue: Crescent empire
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300126396
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300126395
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mather, James Pashas New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009
Language:
English
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