{"product_id":"essays-in-ottoman-and-turkish-history-17741923-the-impact-of-the-west-9780292729575","title":"Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History 17741923","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe effect of Western influence on the later Ottoman Empire and on the development of the modern Turkish nation-state links these twelve essays by a prominent American scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Roderic Davison is the dean of Ottoman diplomatic historians who, for a full four decades, has set high standards of excellence.' Donald Quataert, associate professor of history, State University of New York at Binghamton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. The Turks in History: A capsule account of Turkish origins and of the rise, height, decline, and reform of the Ottoman Empire, to the rise of the Republic. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. “Russian Skill and Turkish Imbecility”: The Treaty of Kuchuk Kainardji Reconsidered: The Ottoman-Russian treaty of 1774, allowing Russia great commercial and diplomatic privileges and a dubious “right” to protect Christians in Ottoman domains. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. The “Dosografa” Church in the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca: On the nature of the Christian church that the 1774 treaty allowed the Russians to build in Istanbul, and to protect. And was it built? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. The First Ottoman Experiment with Paper Money: Why and how the Sublime Porte, in 1840, issued treasury notes that became the first circulating paper money, and attendant problems. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Foreign and Environmental Contributions to the Political Modernization of Turkey: The influence of military defeat by outside powers, and of diplomatic pressure; the importance of foreign concepts and models; channels for new ideas. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. The Advent of the Principle of Representation in the Government of the Ottoman Empire: How representation of the people in government organs began in 1840 on the provincial level and grew to affect the central government, especially with the constitution of 1876. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Turkish Attitudes Concerning Christian-Muslim Equality in the Nineteenth Century: The advent of an official policy of egalitarian and secular Ottomanism; the views of leading statesmen on Christian equality, and popular attitudes. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. The Advent of the Electric Telegraph in the Ottoman Empire: How Morse’s invention was introduced at the time of the Crimean War, how the telegraph system expanded, and the effects of the new technology on Ottoman government and society. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Westernized Education in Ottoman Turkey: An assessment of the impact of foreign mission schools, Ottoman technical schools, and the new Ottoman secular educational beginnings, and study abroad. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. The Armenian Crisis, 1912–1914: Russia raises for her own interests the question of reforms in eastern Anatolia where most Armenians lived; the machinations of all six great powers of Europe; the Porte and the powers find a temporary solution. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Turkish Diplomacy from Mudros to Lausanne: How the nationalist movement led by Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) dealt with outside powers, 1919 to 1923, trying to get rid of British, French, Italian, Greek, and Armenian occupation forces; success lays a basis for the Republic. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Atatürk’s Reforms: Back to the Roots: An analysis of the origins and background of many of the Turkish Republic’s basic political principles and practices, tracing them back to nineteenth-century developments in the period of Ottoman reform. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400864506199,"sku":"9780292729575","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292729575.jpg?v=1730471778","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/essays-in-ottoman-and-turkish-history-17741923-the-impact-of-the-west-9780292729575","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}