Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 3 The Ottoman Empire between Europe and Asia

Chapter 4 Asia in Danger: Ottoman-Japanese Diplomacy and Failures

Chapter 5 Ottoman Politics and the Japanese Model

Chapter 6 The Young Turk Regime and the Japanese Model after 1908: “Eastern” Essence, “Western” Science, Ottoman Notions of “Terakkî” and “Medeniyet” (Progress and Civilization)

Chapter 7 Politics, Cultural Identity, and the Japanese Example

Chapter 8 Ottoman Egypt Demands Independence: Egyptian Identity, East and West, Christian and Muslim

Chapter 9 Conclusion: Competing Narratives, Ottoman Successor States, and “Non-Western” Modernity