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The proper order of things language, power, and law in Ottoman administrative discourses

Title: The proper order of things [electronic resource] : language, power, and law in Ottoman administrative discourses / Heather L. Ferguson.
Author: Ferguson, Heather L.
Publication: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]

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Description

1 online resource (xii, 426 pages) : illustration, maps.

Uniform Title

Proper order of things (Online)

Alternative Title

Proper order of things (Online)

Subject

Discourse analysis > Political aspects > History. > Turkey
Order > Political aspects > History. > Turkey
Administrative law > Turkey > History
Imperialism
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Turkey > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-414) and index.

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Contents

Introduction : the structure of empire and a grammar of rule -- The sovereign state : spatial and textual politics in early modern Eurasian courts -- The state of stability : the kanunname as a genre of administrative governance -- The bureaucratic state : reforming documentary practices -- The brokered state : "the past is no longer the present" in the "land between the rivers" -- A state of rebellion : the re-territorialization of Ottoman sovereignty in greater Syria -- On the perfect state : an Ottoman vision of order -- Conclusion : the archiving state.

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