Empire and Education under the Ottomans: Politics, Reform and Resistance from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks (Library of Ottoman Studies)

"Once hailed as 'the eternal state', the Ottoman Empire was in decline by the end of the nineteenth century, finally collapsing under the pressures of World War I. Yet its legacies are still apparent, and few have had more impact than those of its schools and educational policies. "Empire and Education under the Ottomans" analyses the Empire's educational politics from the mid-nineteenth century, amidst the Tanzimat reform period, until "The Young Turk Revolution in 1908". Through a focus on the regional impact of decrees from Istanbul, Emine O. Evered unravels the complexities of the era, demonstrating how educational changes devised to strengthen the Empire actually hastened its demise. This book is the first history of education in the Ottoman Middle East to evaluate policies in the context of local responses and resistance, and includes the first published English translation of the watershed 1869 Ottoman Education Law. A stimulating and impressively-researched study, it represents an important new addition to the historiography of the Ottoman Empire and will be essential for those researching its lasting legacy."--Bloomsbury publishing. List of Figures -- List of Tables Timeline -- Acknowledgements -- 1. No Ottoman Child Left Behind: On Governmentality and Education -- 2. Fact-finding Missions, Public Relations, and Schools in the Governance of Ottoman Albania -- 3. An Ottoman Geopolitics of Statistics, Reform, and Education -- 4. Images of a Traveling Ulama, Missionary Rivals, and State Power -- 5. Aleppo's "Unfit" Teacher: Gender Politics and Resistance to Rival Empires -- 6. Educational Politics in the Iraqi Provinces of Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul -- 7. Confronting Italian Educational and Imperial Ambitions in Tripoli -- 8. Summary and -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Proposed changes to the 1310/1892 education budget -- Appendix 2: Books and pamphlets to be used in the state's rü?diye schools for girls, 1313/1895 -- Appendix -- 3: Books and pamphlets to be used in the State's Rüşdiye schools for boys, 1313/1895 -- Bibliography -- Index No Ottoman Child Left Behind : On Governmentality And Education -- Fact-finding Missions, Schools, And Public Relations In The Governance Of Ottoman Albania -- A Geopolitics Of Statistics, Reform, And Education In Ottoman Macedonia And The Balkans -- Reforming Ottoman Syria : Missionary Rivals, The Traveling Ulema, And The Damascus Medical School -- Aleppo's Unfit Teacher : Gender Politics And Resistance To Rival Empires -- Educational Politics In The Iraqi Provinces Of Baghdad, Basta, And Mosul -- Confronting Italian Educational And Imperial Ambitions In Tripoli. Emine O. Evered. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [312]-327) And Index. This text analyzes Ottoman educational politics from 1869 until the Young Turk Revolution in 1908. The author attempts to prove that educational policies devised to build citizenship and encourage loyalty across the region actually heightened religious and ethno-linguistic identities -- which quickened the empire's demise Once hailed as 'the eternal state', the Ottoman Empire was in decline by the end of the nineteenth century, finally collapsing under the pressures of World War I. This book tells the history of education in the Ottoman Middle East to evaluate policies in the context of local responses and resistance.