Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents x
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One: The End of the Empire
6. 2. Imperial Legitimacy and Stability 11
7. 3. Ethnicity 28
8. 4. Resistance to Change 46
9. 5. The Record of Economic Growth 59
10. 6. International War and Government Modernization 69
11. 7. Elite Competition 82
12. 8. The Impact of the International System 116
13. Part Two: The Coming of Independence
14. 9. Destroying Political Order 145
15. 10. War and Political Mobilization: First Phase 170
16. 11. War and Political Mobilization: Second Phase 196
17. 12. Toward Political Reconstruction 214
18. 13. The Problem Revisited 241
19. Notes 265
20. Index 299