by Joseph J. Mathews., Issued also as thesis (Ph. D.) University of Pennsylvania., Main Heritage Shelves General, DT107.6 .M3 1939, Book, Item-ID: i10085038, BIB-ID: 1010139, Bibliography: p. 129-134.
The author defines the character of the Ottoman state in general and then interprets the state through various lenses: the state interpreted as a slave family (that is, as a macrocosmic family which includes slaves), as a missionary enterprise and an educational system, as an army, as a nobility and ...