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Book SynopsisIn this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new book critically reassesses Ottoman accomplishments an
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*List of Figures, pg. xv*Preface, pg. xvii*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*LIST OF SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xxiii*I. Introduction, pg. 3*II. The Scribal Service on the Eve of Reform, pg. 40*III. Social Origins of the Civil Officials, pg. 87*IV. Education, pg. 131*V. Intellectual Orientations, pg. 174*VI. Career Patterns: Office Environment, Procedure, Sense of Professionalism, pg. 211*VII. Career Patterns: Patronage and Promotion, pg. 254*VIII. Salaries and Living Standards, pg. 293*IX. Conclusion: A Gallery of Portraits in Retrospect, pg. 334*APPENDIX A. The Foreign Ministry Personnel Records: Sources, Methods, and Problems of Analysis, pg. 343*APPENDIX B. The Commodity Price Average: Sources and Methods of Analysis, pg. 362*Bibliography, pg. 371*Index, pg. 383
