{"product_id":"9783319822563","title":"The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776–1923","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776–1923\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid S. Katz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Middle East \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book is about  the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed  readers in English, from Edward Gibbon’s positing of imperial \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic  (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British  and European experience.  It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as  standard textbook, through Lord Bryon the pro-Turkish poet, and Benjamin  Disraeli the Romantic novelist of all things Eastern, followed by John  Buchan's \u003ci\u003eGreenmantle\u003c\/i\u003e First World War espionage fantasies, and then \u003ci\u003eManchester  Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Arnold Toynbee narrating the fight for Turkish  independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid S. Katz is Director of the Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization at Tel Aviv University, Israel where he has taught since 1978.  He also holds the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 June 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319822563\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e299\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53983120294028,"sku":"9783319822563","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319822563.jpg?v=1787746198","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319822563","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}