Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

Finkle's Osman's Dream fits an important need for English-speaking readers to understand the fundamental historical, cultural and social aspects of the modern Middle East. Today's problems and their solutions ultimately originate in the Ottoman Empire, a complicated but understandable multicultural political system that directly affected our European world for 600 years. The author has updated the scholarship of the subject by using a multitude of secondary (and some primary) sources, she has avoided describing the modern difficulties of the Ottomans, as European writers so often have, wondering " Why aren't they just like us?" She writes well, holds to a clear outline, and ends, as she begins, with the center of the Empire being not in Europe or the Balkans but in Anatolia, today modern Turkey. At the end she identifies several of Turkey's continuing problems, as with the whole of the Middle East, a lasting legacy of the Ottomans. The book can be enjoyed by the critical reader and should be a centerpiece of any upper division college class on the history of Turkey or the Modern Middle East.

Très bon état et excellent livre, dommage qu'il ne soit pas traduit en français. Caroline Finkel est une excellente historienne !

Livro chegou antes do prazo, em bom estado de conservação, as páginas são bem finas e o papel da capa não é da mesma qualidade que estamos acostumados no Brasil, a edição que recebi é da Basic Books dos EUA. Capa amassa fácil e é frágil, vamos ver se aguenta até o final da leitura, no mais estou satisfeito com o produto. Como recebi hoje, ainda não li o mesmo.

This book is an amazing and great summary of the history of the great Ottoman empire. In fact, it is so detailed that you will know (almost) every detail you need to know about the history of the Empire. However, even though it is detailed, it does not get boring and personally, I finished the book in one day. Strongly recommended!

Excelente producto.