num_pages: 314
description: Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West is a false and dangerous myth.
language: English
title: Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800
titlecomplete: Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800
ratings_count: 2
places: Ottoman Empire
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan