Author: John JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Journey from India, Towards England in the Year 1797
Author: John JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The London Chronicle
Author: Trübner's Bibliographical Catalogues
Author: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
The Sublime Post
Author: Choon Hwee KohPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300280459
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A history of the postal system that once connected the Ottoman Empire Before the advent of steamships or the telegraph, the premier technology for long-distance communication was the horse-run relay system. Every empire had one—including the Ottoman Empire. In The Sublime Post, Choon Hwee Koh examines how the vast Ottoman postal system worked across three centuries by tracking the roles of eight small-scale actors—the Courier, the Tatar, Imperial Decrees, the Bookkeeper, the Postmaster, the Villager, Money, and the Horse. There are stories of price-gouging postmasters; of murdered couriers and their bereaved widows; of moonlighting officials transporting merchandise; of neighboring villages engaged in long-running feuds; of bookkeepers calculating the annual costs of horseshoes, halters, and hay; of Tatar couriers and British travelers sharing drunken nights at post stations; of swimming with horses across rivers; and of hiding from marauding bandits in the desert. By weaving together chronicles, sharia court records, fiscal registers, collective petitions, appointment contracts, and imperial decrees from the Ottoman archive, this study of a large-scale communications infrastructure reveals the interdependence of an empire and its diverse imperial subjects. Koh traces this evolving interdependence between 1500 and 1840 to tell the history of the Ottoman Empire and its changing social order.
Class List of the Books in the Reference Library
Author: Nottingham (England). Free Public Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages
Author: National Library (India)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Armenians
Author: Hamo B. VassilianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages ...
Author: Kolkata (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Author Catalogue of Printed Books in Bengali Language
Author: Imperial Library, CalcuttaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengali literature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: William UpcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description