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

List of Figures -- List of Tables Timeline -- Acknowledgements -- 1. No Ottoman Child Left Behind: On Governmentality and Education -- 2. Fact-finding Missions,

The aim of the Ottoman educational reforms was to raise a class of educated bureaucrats as a means of administrative centralization, and a design to inculcate a

This first comprehensive study on Ottoman educational reform is based on archival material and providing new information on curricular policies applied in the p

'Imperial Classroom deserves our attention on several counts, the most important being its innovatory approach, systematic presentation and the large variety of