Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. 1. The Turks in History 1
6. 2. "Russian Skill and Turkish Imbecility": The Treaty of Kuchuk Kainardji Reconsidered 29
7. 3. The "Dosografa" Church in the Treaty of Kuguk Kaynarca 51
8. 4. The First Ottoman Experiment with Paper Money 60
9. 5. Foreign and Environmental Contributions to the Political Modernization of Turkey 73
10. 6. The Advent of the Principle of Representation in the Government of the Ottoman Empire 96
11. 7. Turkish Attitudes Concerning Christian-Muslim Equality in the Nineteenth Century 112
12. 8. The Advent of the Electric Telegraph in the Ottoman Empire 133
13. 9. Westernized Education in Ottoman Turkey 166
14. 10. The Armenian Crisis, 1912-1914 180
15. 11. Turkish Diplomacy from Mudros to Lausanne 206
16. 12. Atatiirk's Reforms: Back to the Roots 243
17. Index 265