Donald Quataert is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He has published many books on the Middle East and Ottoman history, including An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914 (1994).

'The new methodological approach is remarkable.' Archiv orientalni

• 1. Why study Ottoman history?; 2. The Ottoman Empire from its origins until 1683; 3. The Ottoman Empire, 1638–1798; 4. The nineteenth century; 5. The Ottomans and their wider world; 6. Ottoman methods of rule; 7. The Ottoman economy: population, transport, trade, agriculture and manufacturing; 8. Ottoman society and popular culture; 9. Intercommunal relations and their transformation; 10. Legacies of the Ottoman Empire.

Donald Quataert is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He has published many books on the Middle East and Ottoman history, including An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914 (1994).

'The new methodological approach is remarkable.' Archiv orientalni

• 1. Why study Ottoman history?; 2. The Ottoman Empire from its origins until 1683; 3. The Ottoman Empire, 1638–1798; 4. The nineteenth century; 5. The Ottomans and their wider world; 6. Ottoman methods of rule; 7. The Ottoman economy: population, transport, trade, agriculture and manufacturing; 8. Ottoman society and popular culture; 9. Intercommunal relations and their transformation; 10. Legacies of the Ottoman Empire.

Donald Quataert is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He has published many books on the Middle East and Ottoman history, including An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914 (1994).

'The new methodological approach is remarkable.' Archiv orientalni

• 1. Why study Ottoman history?; 2. The Ottoman Empire from its origins until 1683; 3. The Ottoman Empire, 1638–1798; 4. The nineteenth century; 5. The Ottomans and their wider world; 6. Ottoman methods of rule; 7. The Ottoman economy: population, transport, trade, agriculture and manufacturing; 8. Ottoman society and popular culture; 9. Intercommunal relations and their transformation; 10. Legacies of the Ottoman Empire.