Virginia Aksan’s particular interests lie in the Ottomans in a comparative imperial context, focusing on borderlands, warrior societies, knowledge transfer, intermediaries, and perceptions of the Ottoman evolution in a revolutionary age. Her publications include An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi, 1700-1783 (1995); The Early Modern Ottomans, co-edited with Daniel Goffman (2007), and more than 40 edited chapters and journal articles.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Ottoman World pre-1800 1. Imperial Crisis in the Eurasian Context 2. The Ottoman system circa 1700 Part 2: The Revolutionary Moment 1800-1840 3. Selim III and the Ottoman Revolution 4. Mahmud II: An Ottoman ‘Reign of Terror’ Part 3: The New Muslim Absolutism 1840-1870 5. The Great Transformation 6. Imperial Collapse: An Empire Besieged Part 4: The Final Curtain: Imperial Reordering and Collapse 1870-1923 7. Ottomanism and its Rivals 8. 1878 Berlin Treaty and Consequences 9. Leadup to WWI and Epilogue 10. Epilogue

Virginia Aksan’s particular interests lie in the Ottomans in a comparative imperial context, focusing on borderlands, warrior societies, knowledge transfer, intermediaries, and perceptions of the Ottoman evolution in a revolutionary age. Her publications include An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi, 1700-1783 (1995); The Early Modern Ottomans, co-edited with Daniel Goffman (2007), and more than 40 edited chapters and journal articles.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Ottoman World pre-1800 1. Imperial Crisis in the Eurasian Context 2. The Ottoman system circa 1700 Part 2: The Revolutionary Moment 1800-1840 3. Selim III and the Ottoman Revolution 4. Mahmud II: An Ottoman ‘Reign of Terror’ Part 3: The New Muslim Absolutism 1840-1870 5. The Great Transformation 6. Imperial Collapse: An Empire Besieged Part 4: The Final Curtain: Imperial Reordering and Collapse 1870-1923 7. Ottomanism and its Rivals 8. 1878 Berlin Treaty and Consequences 9. Leadup to WWI and Epilogue 10. Epilogue

Virginia Aksan’s particular interests lie in the Ottomans in a comparative imperial context, focusing on borderlands, warrior societies, knowledge transfer, intermediaries, and perceptions of the Ottoman evolution in a revolutionary age. Her publications include An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi, 1700-1783 (1995); The Early Modern Ottomans, co-edited with Daniel Goffman (2007), and more than 40 edited chapters and journal articles.

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• Introduction Part 1: The Ottoman World pre-1800 1. Imperial Crisis in the Eurasian Context 2. The Ottoman system circa 1700 Part 2: The Revolutionary Moment 1800-1840 3. Selim III and the Ottoman Revolution 4. Mahmud II: An Ottoman ‘Reign of Terror’ Part 3: The New Muslim Absolutism 1840-1870 5. The Great Transformation 6. Imperial Collapse: An Empire Besieged Part 4: The Final Curtain: Imperial Reordering and Collapse 1870-1923 7. Ottomanism and its Rivals 8. 1878 Berlin Treaty and Consequences 9. Leadup to WWI and Epilogue 10. Epilogue