"Sick man of Europe" or "Japan of the near east"?: Constructing Ottoman modernity in the Hamidian and young Turk eras

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-230

  Worringer, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEGEMONY; MODERNITY; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; POLITICAL HISTORY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 2942548854     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743804362033     Document Type: Article

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