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The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official school of law in the Ottoman Empire and argues that some of the supposedly nineteenth-century developments, such as the codification of Islamic law, are rooted in much earlier centuries.
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This book focuses on how Enlightenment ideas shaped plantation management and slave work routines. It shows how work dictated slaves'... Læs mere
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Soldiers of Empire offers a new account of the experience of war through a study of the Indian and British armies in World War II. It recounts a multicultural world of soldiering from the Punjab to Wales, from training and everyday life to combat against the Japanese in Burma.
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This is a revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers shows that it was the integration... Læs mere
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This lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in Early Modern times. The Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded a place apart,... Læs mere
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Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire. Tracing critical strands of anti-imperial... Læs mere
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This book explores Ottoman intellectual life, politics and reform during the eighteenth century through the study of the key... Læs mere
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The first comprehensive study of the Excerpta, a sort of 'Byzantine Google' which repackaged many key works of Greek historiography... Læs mere
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The emergence of public opinion was perhaps the most important political transformation of the Ottoman Empire during the... Læs mere
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In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how... Læs mere
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This volume uses a series of portraits of 'imperial lives' in order to rethink the history of the British Empire... Læs mere
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The first study exploring the lives of female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court, it demonstrates the diversity of... Læs mere