Artisans of Empire: Crafts and Craftspeople Under the Ottomans

by SuraiyaFaroqhi (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $32.68

  The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire. This title sheds light on various aspects of artisan life under the Ottomans.