Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean

By Eric R. Dursteler

Book Overview

The introduction to this book is dazzling . . . The Venetian community in Constantinople provides an excellent site for exploration of issues of nation and identity . . . Dursteler's] overall intention-to demonstrate cultural diversity in a place and era that has been commonly assumed to lack it-remains firmly at the fore, and he admirably fulfills his task.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801891051
• ISBN13: 9780801891052
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher