Memory on the Boundaries of Empire: Narrating Place in the Early Modern Local Historiography of Yazd
(2012)
Thesis
Mancini-Lander, D. (2012). Memory on the Boundaries of Empire: Narrating Place in the Early Modern Local Historiography of Yazd [PhD 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.