UID:
almafu_9960962623602883
Format:
1 online resource (189 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-19-165265-2
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1-306-30025-8
Content:
'The Whispers of Cities' explores interactions between early modern Europe and the Ottoman Empire through the kaleidoscope of communication, by offering a micro-historical reading of the experiences of Sir William Trumbull, English ambassador to Istanbul from 1687 to 1692.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; The Whispers of Cities: Information Flows in Istanbul, London, and Paris in the Age of William Trumbull; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Introduction1688: Istanbul, London, Paris; EUROPE, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, AND CONNECTEDNESS; INFORMATION FLOWS AND THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION; THE TRUMBULL PAPERS; 1: The World of Sir William Trumbull; TRUMBULL'S EDUCATION AND CAREER; 2: Other Ways of Knowing; ORAL INFORMANTS AND EXPERTS; THE EFFICIENCY OF CORRESPONDENCE NETWORKS; ARCHIVES AND REGISTERS; CONCLUSION
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3: European-Ottoman Sociability in IstanbulA MATERIAL WORLD; THE BUSINESS OF DIPLOMACY; THE ENGLISH EMBASSY; CONCLUSION; 4: Overcoming Distance in Everyday Communication; EUROPEAN NEWS IN ISTANBUL; BEYOND DRAGOMANS; TRUMBULL'S NETWORK AND ITS LIMITS; CONCLUSION; 5: The Life of a Story: The Deposition of Sultan Mehmed IV; THE NEWSLETTERS OF ISTANBUL; THOMAS COKE AND ORAL NETWORKS OF COMMUNICATION; WRITING A REVOLUTION; THE AFTERLIVES OF MEHMED IV IN SCRIBAL AND PRINT MEDIA; CONCLUSION; Conclusion: Information Flows in the Seventeenth Century; Bibliography; MANUSCRIPTS AND ARCHIVES
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PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCESSECONDARY SOURCES; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-967241-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-177049-3
Language:
English
