Memory on the Boundaries of Empire: Narrating Place in the Early Modern Local Historiography of Yazd
(2012)
Thesis
Mancini-Lander, D. Memory on the Boundaries of Empire: Narrating Place in the Early Modern Local Historiography of Yazd. (Thesis). University of Michigan
This dissertation traces the evolution of premodern historical writing about Yazd, Iran, in order to explore the changing function and utility of local history writing as a key means of engagement in imperial affairs. Yazd had been an important intel... Read More about Memory on the Boundaries of Empire: Narrating Place in the Early Modern Local Historiography of Yazd.