A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire

by Hanioglu, M. Sukru

• ISBN13: 9780691146171
• ISBN10: 0691146179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and encompassed extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity. It was perhaps the most cosmopolitan state in the worldand the most volatile. A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire describes the turbulent era between 1789 and 1918years marked by incredible social change.

Author Biography

M. Scedil;kr Haniogbrave;lu is the Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs and professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Preparation for a Revolution and The Young Turks in Opposition.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Note on Transliteration, Place Names, and Dates	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Ottoman Empire at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century	p. 6
Initial Ottoman Responses to the Challenge of Modernity	p. 42
The Dawn of the Age of Reform	p. 55
The Tanzimat Era	p. 72
The Twilight of the Tanzimat and the Hamidian Regime	p. 109
From Revolution to Imperial Collapse: The Longest Decade of the Late Ottoman Empire	p. 150
Conclusion	p. 203
Further Reading in Major European Languages	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 231
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