A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacres much neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East Simon Sebag Montefiore A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis Absolutely riveting Peter Frankopan An accessible enlightening and ultimately surprising account of an episode of which most western readers will be unaware Christopher de BellaigueThis remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule The once mighty empire was under pressure from global economic change and European imperial expansion Reforms in the mid nineteenth century raised tensions across the empire nowhere more so than in Damascus A multifarious city linked by caravan trade to Baghdad the Mediterranean and Mecca the chaos of languages customs and beliefs made Damascus a warily tolerant place Until the reforms began to advantage the minority Christian community at the expense of the Muslim majority But in 1860 people who had generally lived side by side for ge
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Dk
ISBN: 9780241646908
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 400
Tiempo de lectura:
8h 16m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2024
Año de edición: 2024
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Escrito por Eugene Rogan
Eugene Rogan es profesor de Historia Moderna de Oriente Medio en la Universidad de Oxford y miembro de la Academia Británica. Su primer libro, Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire, ganó el Premio Albert Hourani y el Premio M. Fuad Köprülü. Los árabes. Del Imperio otomano a la actualidad (Crítica, 2010) se ha convertido en una obra de referencia, considerado uno de los mejores libros del año por The Financial Times, The Economist y The Atlantic Monthly. En Crítica también ha publicado La caída de los otomanos. La Gran Guerra en el Oriente Próximo (2016) y Los sucesos de Damasco. La masacre de 1860 y la formación del Oriente Medio moderno (2025).