Alam, Muzaffar and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007.
Basically an expansion of the Hentsch chapter for today – an overview of Europeans in the Orient, both physically (trade, politics, travelers) and intellectually. Very expansive, should be great background for the paper.
Barendse, R. J. “Trade and State in the Arabian Seas: A Survey from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century.” Journal of World History 11.2: 173-225.
Discusses the place of Arabian nations in the world economy, including Persia. Will help with the wholesome picture of Persia’s trade economy.
Bowen, H.V., Margarette Lincoln, and Nigel Rigby. The Worlds of the East India Company. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press in association with the National Maritime Museum and Univerisity of Leicester, 2002.
This book is mainly helpful for just one page (note to self: 108), which deals exclusively with Jean Chardin and his fellow traveler brother Daniel. The work is concerned with India and England’s interaction through the East India Company, but mentions Chardin because after his travels through Persia, he settled in London as the royal court jeweler (acquiring the title “Sir John”). It cites several secondary sources on trade that may be of use.
Lloyd, Edmund, ed. Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia. Never before translated into English. Containing, A most particular Account, of the Religion, Government, Trade, Product, Rarities, Structures, Arts and Sciences of that great Monarchy An exact description of the Court and City of Ispahan, the Capital thereof; as also of the celebrated Ruins of Persepolis, the antient Metropolis of that Nation, and of several other Places of Note. With Genuine Copies of the Instructions given by the English, French and other Powers, to their respective Embassadors in Persia, China, Japan, and other Eastern Empires; no less useful and instructive for carrying on the Commerce in those Parts, than satilfactory to the Curious. Adorn'd and illustrated with a great number of cutts. In [eight] volumes. London, 1720. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. Stanford University Libraries. 14 Apr. 2011.
This is the main copy of my primary source that I’ll be using, but for volumes 3-8, not online, I’ll have to use Stanford’s microfilms.
Eldem, Edhem. French Trade in Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century. Boston: Brill, 1999.
Though my source will deal mainly with late seventeenth century French-Ottoman trade, this source provides some background and general information that will be of use, in addition to referencing other sources that either shift the time frame earlier to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries or that open up the scope to the Levant, Persia, or all of the Ottoman Empire.
Faroqhi, Suraiya. The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It. London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2004.
Very useful source, because it discusses trade and foreign relations with Europe (and other Eastern nations) from the Ottoman standpoint and along the Ottoman history timeline. Significant chapter on France that will be very relevant.
Ferrier, Ronald W., ed. and trans. A Journey to Persia: Jean Chardin’s Portrait of a Seventeenth-century Empire. London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1996.
This work is referenced by many of the others I’ve looked at as the seminal work discussing Chardin’s Travels in full. It provides an invaluable introduction and chapter on Chardin’s life and work, and excellent summaries of his observations and views on broad topics like culture, language, religion, and government – topics that are interspersed in Travels but which Ferrier groups and consolidates, with long passages and a large number of references to specific pages of the original work. It will be incredibly useful both for learning about the topics presented in the volumes I plan on skimming or skipping, and for pointing out important passages that I can go to directly in the work without having to read it in full (it’s thousands of pages long!)
Göçek, Fatma Müge. East encounters West: France and the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century. New York: Oxford UP, 1987.
Like Eldem’s French Trade in Istanbul in the 18th Century, this work is a century too late for my main research, but it should similarly contain background that will be relevant to my paper. Possibly redundant, however.
Lambton, Ann K. S. Landlord and Peasant in Persia: A study of land tenure and land revenue administration. New York: Oxford UP 1953.
Dubious relevance. Mainly checked it out in hopes of getting a better sense of Persian economy in the seventeenth century in case my paper became more economically focused, but now it doesn’t seem as if I’ll end up using it.
Parry, V.J. et al, ed. A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730: Chapters from the Cambridge History of Islam and the New Cambridge Modern History. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1976.
Background on the Ottoman empire, including its absorption and rule over Persian lands and some foreign relations with Europe. Mainly will be used as a credible history against which I can compare Chardin’s accounts of Persian government and court.
Hi Alice, Looks like you found several related secondary sources, which is great! It sounds like your primary source is really big - I imagine that might be challenging unless you find a way to select a theme from a subsection of the book, but either way it's doable. Cool that you might be able to use the Hentsch reading or something related!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting! Looks like you've found some good secondary sources that will be useful. Good luck managing such a hefty text as Chardin's travel accounts (microfilm no less!)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you've made a great start! I still think you're biggest challenge will be dealing with such a giant primary source. Once you get a better feel for the angle you want to take with Chardin, you might have a more specific sense of what you're looking for in the secondary sources.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you found a great primary source, but it also sounds really large! I think if you are able to narrow it to a specific topic, and use your other sources to expand on it that it will be a great paper!
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Hey Alice, I guess your topic is trade between Europe and the Middle East from last time we talked? I think this could prove extremely interesting, especially in light of the little I know about it (basically the Hentsch we read). The idea of "covetousness" and how that influenced European views on the Middle East interests me a lot. Great work!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you've done quite a bit of research. I think you're working on trying to see how accurate Chardin is, right? I don't think it would be alright to use your last source. The Ottoman and Persian empires were different and it doesn't seem helpful to use a source on the Ottomans to compare Chardin's account on Persians.
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