ISBN |
9781845115708 |
Title |
Ottoman tulips, Ottoman coffee : leisure and lifestyle in the eighteenth century / edited by Dana Sajdi |
Publisher |
London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2007 |
Physical desc. |
x, 262 p. ; ill., tables, charts ; 23 cm. |
Note |
"The present volume is a result of a conference, 'Rethinking culture in the Ottoman eighteenth century', which took place in Princeton on 15-16 January 2005" -- Preface. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-256) and index |
Contents |
Decline, its discontents and Ottoman cultural history: by way of introduction / Dana Sajdi. -- The perception of Saadabad: the 'Tulip Age' and Ottoman-Safavid rivalry / Can Erimtan. -- The first Ottoman Turkish printing enterprise: success or failure? / Orlin Sabev (Orhan Salih). -- Nahils, circumcision rituals and the theatre state / Babak Rahimi. -- Janissary coffee houses in late eighteenth century Istanbul / Ali Çaksu. -- The heart's desire: gender, urban space and the Ottoman coffee house / Alan Mikhail. |
Subject |
Coffeehouses -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 |
Coffeehouses -- Social aspects |
Coffeehouses -- History -- Middle East |
Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 18th century |
Turkey -- Social conditions -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 |
Added name(s) |
Sajdi, Dana ed. |
Meeting Name |
Rethinking culture in the Ottoman eighteenth century . 15-16 January 2005 |