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Stanford University Press Empire of Manners: Ottoman Sociability and War-Making in the Long Eighteenth Century (Stanford Ottoman World Series: Critical Studies in Empire, Nature, and Knowledge)

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It is easy to believe that manners are empty gestures, little more than social artifice or practiced etiquette whose sole purpose is to project civility and facilitate social interaction. But if we look more closely, they can tell us much more than we might first suppose, revealing what conventional accounts of state, economy, and religion often ignore. With this book, James Grehan offers a panoramic view of manners and sociability across the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans to the Middle East to North Africa. Studying chronicles, biographical dictionaries, and travel accounts, he throws new light on the inner dynamics of Ottoman society during a transitional period in Ottoman history which has too often been misunderstood. Empire of Manners proposes a new way of thinking about the history of manners, arguing that violence and war-making, as much as civility and etiquette, have a central role in shaping them. The eighteenth century proved to be a turning point in this paradoxical relationship between violence and manners as war-making turned into a substantially more complex and costly enterprise, leaving a deeper and wider social footprint. The interplay between violence and manners, an unlikely couple, unexpectedly narrates the Ottoman path to the modern age.

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Brand: Stanford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1503643387
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Social & Cultural
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 09 September 2025
Listed Since: 22 February 2025

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