| Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire Contributor(s): Agoston, Gabor (Author), Gabor, Agoston (Author), Goston, G. Bor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521603919 ISBN-13: 9780521603911 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: The book affords insight into the early success and subsequent failure of an Islamic empire against European adversaries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2004051106 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.06" W x 9.19" (0.98 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gabor Agoston examines the weapons technology and armaments industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that threatened Europe on its own territory in the Gunpowder Age. Considering topics such as technology transfer, the integration of firearms in the Ottoman army and navy, and saltpeter and gunpowder production, the book demonstrates the success of the Ottoman military machine against its European and Muslim rivals from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. |
Contributor Bio(s): Agoston, Gabor: - Gabor Agoston is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Georgetown University. His previous publications include Hungary in the Seventeenth Century (with Terez Oborni, 2000). |