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Books by Charles Argo
  | | Stolen Boys of the Ottoman Empire The Child Levy as Public Spectacle and Political Instrument (Library of Ottoman Studies) by Charles Argo Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84885-619-6, ISBN: 1-84885-619-9 "The infamous Ottoman devsirme-the levy and enslavement of young male subjects from the Christian regions of the empire for palace and military service by the Turks-has been traditionally understood as a mechanism of both elite recruitment and Muslim conversion. Here Charles Argo investigates the political and cultural resonance of the act itself; an act that reproduced in spectacle form Ottoman ideologies of dynastic legitimacy and poli ..." |
 | | Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (Comparative Urban Studies) by Contributor-John Chaffee, Contributor-Stewart Gordon, Contributor-Alexandra Green, Contributor-Charles Argo, Contributor-James Heitzman, Contributor-Elizabeth Lambourn, Contributor-Stephen Morillo, Contributor-Jay Spaulding, Kenneth R. Hall, Contributor-Charles Wheeler, John K. Whitmore, Hall/Heitzman/Gordon, Kenneth M. Swope Hardcover, 370 Pages, Published 2008 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-2834-3, ISBN: 0-7391-2834-5 "With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural, political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial presence. Collectively, these studies explore the history of non-metropolitan urban settings c. 1400-1800 in the Indian Ocean realm, from the Ottoman Empire and the African coastline at th ..." |
 | | Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800(8th Edition) (Comparative Urban Studies) by Kenneth R. Hall, John Chaffee, Stewart Gordon, Alexandra Green, Charles Argo, James Heitzman, Elizabeth Lambourn, Stephen Morillo, Jay Spaulding, Charles Wheeler, John K. Whitmore, Kenneth M. Swope, Hall/Heitzman/Gordon, Lexington Books Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 2008 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-2835-0, ISBN: 0-7391-2835-3 "With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural, political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial presence. Collectively, these studies explore the history of non-metropolitan urban settings c. 1400-1800 in the Indian Ocean realm, from the Ottoman Empire and the African coastline at th ..." |
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