
I am deligted to offer this volume of my articles and papers -all of which were published or presented previously - as the fifth contribution to a series sponsored by the Isis Press. The intent of the series is to make available scholarly contributions that have appeared in eidely scattered and often-quite-inaccessible formats. These five volumes summarize the international development of Ottoman historical studies and trace the intellectual evolution of the first numerically-large group of Ottoman specialists, one that emerged in the post- 1970 period.
I am deligted to offer this volume of my articles and papers -all of which were published or presented previously - as the fifth contribution to a series sponsored by the Isis Press. The intent of the series is to make available scholarly contributions that have appeared in eidely scattered and often-quite-inaccessible formats. These five volumes summarize the international development of Ottoman historical studies and trace the intellectual evolution of the first numerically-large group of Ottoman specialists, one that emerged in the post- 1970 period.