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Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans
The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This comprehensive history, by leading Ottoman historian Suraiya Faroqhi, presents the definitive view of the subject, from the production and distribution of different craft objects to their use and enjoyment within the community. Faroqhi sheds new light on all aspects of artisan life, setting the concerns of individual craftsmen within the context of the broader cultural themes that connect them to the wider world. Combining social, cultural, economic, religious and historical insights, this will be the authoritative work on Ottoman artisans and guilds for many years to come.
Book Details
- Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
- Publish Date: Nov 15th, 2011
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.80in - 6.10in - 0.90in - 0.79lb
- EAN: 9781848859609
- Categories: • Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire• Economic History• Social History
About the Author
Faroqhi, Suraiya: - Suraiya Faroqhiis a professor of history at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her focus is on Ottoman social history of the early modern period, especially women, artisan production, the use of objects as historical sources, as well as urban life and cross-cultural linkages, her most recent publications are, A Cultural History of the Ottomans: The Imperial Elite and its Artefacts ( I. B. Tauris, 2016), and The Ottoman and Mughal Empires: Social History in the Early Modern World(I.B. Tauris, 2019).
Praise for this book
""A display of unrivalled knowledge of the sources by one of the leading historians of the Ottoman Empire."" -- Erik J. Zürcher, Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden
""A real pleasure...the main line of the argument is entirely convincing. Artisans of Empire is learned and informative, written with evident mastery of lots of empirical material."" -- Marcel van der Linden, Research Director of the International Institute of Social History, University of Amsterdam