Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918 (Paperback)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Introduction

I
Arabs and Arab Provinces in the Evolution of the Young Turk Movement
Tanzimat Centralization, Arabs, and Ottomanism
The Constitution, Parliament, and Arab Representation
The Hamidian Era: Continuity and Change
The Young Turk Opposition and the Arabs
Conclusion

2
The Second Constitutional Experiment, 1908-1909 
Crisis of Authority in the Capital and the Provinces 
The 1908 Revolution and the CUP in the Arab Provinces 
The 1908 Elections 
The Arab Parliamentary Contingent in the First Legislative Year 
The Counterrevolution 
Reform and Centralization 

3
The Opposition and the Arabs, 1910-1909 
"Turkification" 
Parliament: Arabs in Opposition Parties and Issues of Arab Concern 
Unrest in the Arab Provinces 
Conclusion 

4
The Decentralist Challenge and a New "Arab Policy," 1912-1913 
The 1912 Elections 
The CUP's Broken Fortunes and Arabs 
The CUP Comeback 
Conclusion: Islamist Reinterpretation of Ottomanism 

5
A Case Study in Centralization: The Hijaz under Young Turk Rule, 1908-1914 
The Young Turk Revolution and the Hijaz 
The Grand Sharifate of Husayn Ibn "Ali 
Extension of Ottoman Influence in the Hijaz 
Sharif Husayn's Campaigns 
Sharif Husayn's Struggle to Maintain His Authority 
Conclusion 

6
The War Years, 1914-1918
The Elections of 1914 and the Eclipse of the Reform Movement
The Hijaz on the Eve of War
The Arab Provinces and the Early Period of the War
The Sharif Husayn-Istanbul Correspondence
Syria under Cemal Pasha's Governorship
The Arab Uprising and Istanbul's Response
War, Politics, and Ideology
The End of the Empire and Turkish-Arab Relations

Conclusion

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX