{"product_id":"ottoman-civil-officialdom-9780691601946","title":"Ottoman Civil Officialdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403938832727,"sku":"9780691601946","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ottoman-civil-officialdom-9780691601946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}