This vividly detailed revisionist history opens a new vista on the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Christine Philliou brilliantly shines a new light on imperial crisis and change in the 1820s and 1830s by unearthing the life of one man. Stephanos Vogorides (1780-1859) was part of a network of Christian elites known phanariots, institutionally excluded from power yet intimately bound up with Ottoman governance. By tracing the contours of the wide-ranging networks - crossing ethnic, religious, and institutional boundaries - in which the phanariots moved, Philliou provides a unique view of Ottoman power and, ultimately, of the Ottoman legacies in the Middle East and Balkans today. What emerges is a wide-angled analysis of governance as a lived experience at a moment in which there was no clear blueprint for power.
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"There is no doubt that this is an excellent, groundbreaking work."--Int'l Journal of Turkish Stds "Highly recommended."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Imaginative... Philliou's prose is masterful... An original and substantial contribution to late Ottoman history."--The Historian
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Christine M. Philliou is Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University.
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My main concern is that the title of the book is misleading: this is neither the biography of an Empire nor an accurate description of governing Ottomans.
Using mainly Bogorides-a quite controversial personality- as the central player during this period may well interest some academics looking for new(?) research approaches of history. Possibly a much more extensive research on the period would have helped the reader as well as the author.
I was expecting a deeper and wiser analysis of the role of the Phanariots and other minorities in Constantinople. Quite disappointing.
Using mainly Bogorides-a quite controversial personality- as the central player during this period may well interest some academics looking for new(?) research approaches of history. Possibly a much more extensive research on the period would have helped the reader as well as the author.
I was expecting a deeper and wiser analysis of the role of the Phanariots and other minorities in Constantinople. Quite disappointing.
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