Essays in Ottoman and Turkish history, 1774-1923 : the impact of the West / Roderic H. Davison.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Turks in history --"Russian skill and Turkish imbecility" : the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainardji reconsidered --The "Dosografa" church in the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca --The first Ottoman experiment with paper money --Foreign and environmental contributions to the political modernization of Turkey --The advent of the principle of representation in the government of the Ottoman empire --Turkish attitudes concerning Christian-Muslim equality in the nineteenth century --The advent of the electric telegraph in the Ottoman empire --Westernized education in Ottoman Turkey --The Armenian crisis, 1912-1914 --Turkish diplomacy from Mudros to Lausanne --Ataturk's reforms : back to the roots.