AU - Kafadar,Cemal TI - Between two worlds: the construction of the Ottoman state SN - 9780520206007 AV - DR486 K34 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Los Angeles, London, Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Turkey KW - History KW - Historiography KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index; Introduction -- Background and Overview -- Identity and Influence in the History of Nations -- 1. The Moderns -- The Rise of the Ottoman State in Modern Historiography -- The Wittek Thesis and Its Critics -- 2. The Sources -- Gaza and Gazis in the Frontier Narratives of Medieval Anatolia -- The Chronicles of the House of Osman and Their Flavor : Onion or Garlic? -- 3. The Ottomans : The Construction of the Ottoman State -- Strategizing for Alliances and Conflicts : The Early Beglik -- Into the Limelight and the Rise of Tensions -- Epiloque : The Creation of an Imperial Political Technology and Ideology. ER -