Edhem Eldem

Edhem Eldem is a historian and academic who approaches history through banking, archaeology, funerary culture, diplomacy, and cities. The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul compares three port cities through commerce, social structure, and urban change. A History of the Ottoman Bank follows a major financial institution across imperial and international networks. French Trade in Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century shows how archival economic history can illuminate a city. The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History: Eastern and Western Visions in the Long Nineteenth Century examines the monument through competing cultural and political gazes. The Ottoman City between East and West best displays Eldem's comparative urban method; A History of the Ottoman Bank narrows the scale to finance, while The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History opens a trans-Mediterranean perspective.