Resat Kasaba is Henry M. Jackson Professor of international studies at the University of Washington. His previous books include The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy and Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey.

Acknowledgments
1. Empire, State, and People
2. A Movable Empire
3. Toward Settlement
4. Building Stasis
5. The Immovable State
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Resat Kasaba is Henry M. Jackson Professor of international studies at the University of Washington. His previous books include The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy and Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey.