Michael ProvenceThe Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Michael Provence teaches Middle East history at the Department of History, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism (2005).
1. Introduction; 2. Ottoman modernity in the long nineteenth century: training state servants and making citizens; 3. The theory and practice of colonialism in the post-Ottoman Middle East; 4. Losing the war and fighting the settlement: the post-Ottoman Middle East takes shape, 1918
22; 5. League of Nations hopes and disappointments: the return of armed struggle in the post-Ottoman era, 1923
7; 6. Colonial constitutions and treaties: post-Ottoman militarism, 1927
36; 7. The final days of the last Ottoman generation, 1936
8; 8. Epilogue and conclusion.
