CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Introduction: New Perspectives on Ottoman History -- PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON OTTOMAN HISTORY -- 1. The Young Turks in Power: A Comparative and Critical Perspective -- 2. The Ottoman Empire Between Successors: Thinking from 1821 to 1922 -- PART TWO: NEGOTIATING IDENTITIES -- 3. The Non-Muslim Tax Farmers in the Fiscal and Economic System of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th Century -- 4. Conceptualizing Difference During the Second Constitutional Period: New Sources, Old Challenges -- 5. An Ottoman Against the Constitution: The Maronites of Mount Lebanon and the Question of Representation in the Ottoman Parliament -- 6. Late Ottoman State Education -- 7. The Art of Being Replaced: The Last of the Cretan Muslims between the Empire and the Nation-State -- 8. Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey: Medieval Anatolian Warlord or Kemalist Language Reformer? History, Language Politics and the Celebration of the Language Festival in Karaman, Turkey, 1961-2008 -- PART THREE: NATIONAL USES OF OTTOMAN HISTORY -- 9. Ottoman Saida and Problems of a Lebanese 'National' Narrative -- 10. Conversion to Islam in Bulgarian Historiography: An Overview -- 11. The Short History of Bulgaria for Export -- 12. Recent Developments in the Historiography of Bosnia and Herzegovina Relating to the Ottoman Empire and their Impact on History Textbooks -- Sources -- Index.