G. Maclean, "Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800"
English | ISBN: 0230019676 | 2007 | 300 pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 0230019676 | 2007 | 300 pages | PDF | 6 MB
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.