Reforming Ottoman governance : success, failure and the path to decline /

The book is the history of reform attempts in the Ottoman Empire and the internal and external difficulties in implementing them. Imperialist aggression towards the Empire and bloody janissary revolts hampered the reforms, and although some successes in governance were achieved, there were many fail...

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Main Authors: Andic, Fuat M. (Author), Andic, Suphan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781463203481
1463203489
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology (Selim I-Mehmet VI)
  • Note on Transcriptions
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Governance and Reform Paradigm
  • Counsels Unheeded
  • 1699-1718: Defeat and Decline
  • The Tulip Era
  • 1730-1789: Missed Opportunities
  • Selim III
  • 1807-1808: Janissaries Revolt
  • Mahmud II
  • The Reform Edict
  • The Crimean War and the Concert of Europe
  • 1861-1876: La Belle Époque
  • Tanzimat and the Legacy of Âli Pasha
  • Abdülhamid II
  • 1908-1918: The Demise of the Empire
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • About the Authors