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'The Whispers of Cities' explores interactions between early modern Europe and the Ottoman Empire through the kaleidoscope of communication, by offering a micro-historical reading of the experiences of Sir William Trumbull, English ambassador to Istanbul from 1687 to 1692

Introduction : 1688, Istanbul, London, Paris. Europe, the Ottoman Empire, and connectedness ; Information flows and the history of communication ; The Trumbull papers -- The world of Sir William Trumbull. Trumbull's education and career ; The uses of Turcica -- Other ways of knowing. Oral informants and experts ; The efficiency of correspondence networks ; Archives and registers ; Conclusion -- European-Ottoman sociability in Istanbul. A material world ; The business of diplomacy ; The English embassy ; Conclusion -- Overcoming distance in everyday communication. European news in Istanbul ; Beyond dragomans ; Trumbull's network and its limits ; Conclusion -- The life of a story : the deposition of Sultan Mehmed IV. The newsletters of Istanbul ; Thomas Coke and oral networks of communication ; Writing a revolution ; The afterlives of Mehmed IV in scribal and print media ; Conclusion -- Conclusion : information flows in the seventeenth century.

Intro -- U.S. CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP DIVERSITY -- U.S. CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP DIVERSITY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: 1917-2009 -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF WOMEN IN CONGRESS -- FEMALE FIRSTS IN CONGRESS -- LENGTH OF SERVICE -- HOW WOMEN ENTER CONGRESS -- WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN BOTH HOUSES -- AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN CONGRESS -- ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN CONGRESS -- HISPANIC WOMEN IN CONGRESS -- TABLES AND DATA -- ALPHABETICAL LISTING -- Chapter 2: AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: 1870-2009 -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS -- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS (CBC) -- TABLES AND DATA -- ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS, SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS DURING THEIR TENURE IN OFFICE -- Chapter 3: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS -- LEADERSHIP IN COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES -- CONGRESSIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN CAUCUS -- TABLES AND DATA -- ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN MEMBERS AND DELEGATES, SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS DURING THEIR TENURE IN OFFICE19 -- Chapter 4: MEMBERSHIP OF THE 111TH CONGRESS: A PROFILE -- SUMMARY -- PARTY BREAKDOWN -- AGE -- OCCUPATIONS -- EDUCATION -- CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE -- RELIGION -- GENDER AND ETHNICITY -- MILITARY SERVICE -- FOREIGN BIRTH -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.