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The British in the Levant: Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century

Category: British Colonies and Maritime Trade - To be read
Type: Book
Author: Laidlaw, Christine
Pages: 296
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
ISBN: 9781848853355
Call number: YC.2011 a.7488
Library catalog: British Library
Year: 2010
URL: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fSoBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA256&lpg=PA256&dq=Britain+and+the+struggle+for+the+integrity+of+the+Ottoman+Empire+:+Sir+Robert+Ainslie%27s+embassy+to+Istanbul,+1776-1794&source=bl&ots=hbxEk6xo6x&sig=TllXvKvhZqlTwBI1k0H3cvBYDIc&hl=en&s
Google books link: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XYglAQAAMAAJ
Language: en
Tags: History / Africa / North     History / Asia / General     History / Europe / General     History / Europe / Great Britain     

Abstract:

For more than two centuries following its formation in 1581, the Levant Company enjoyed a monopoly of British trade with the Ottoman Empire and provided Britain's diplomatic representation at the Sultan's court and throughout the Ottoman territories. Rather than focusing on "the Turkey trade" itself, or on the merchants who engaged in it, Christine Laidlaw examines the supporting cast of Britons -- officials, clergymen, physicians and accompanying family members -- who lived and worked alongside the merchants at the Company's three principal trading posts at Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo during the eighteenth century. This unique perspective will be invaluable for historians of the eighteenth century and the Ottoman Empire.



The research project is implemented within the framework of the Action “Supporting Postdoctoral Researchers» of the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" (Action’s Beneficiary: General Secretariat for Research and Technology), and is co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Greek State.