{"product_id":"9780230591837","title":"Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800","description":"Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions at a time when the English were seeking to find a place for themselves in the larger world beyond their insular realm. Engagingly written in an accessible style that will appeal to non-academic readers as well as scholars, this books demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West is a false and dangerous myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald MacLean (FRAS, FRHistS) is Professor of English at the University of Exeter and Honorary Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073522745584,"sku":"9780230591837","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780230591837_p0.jpg?v=1763679271","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780230591837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}