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Investigating how a number of modern empires transform over the long 19 th century (1789-1914) as a consequence of their struggle for ascendancy in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Foundations of Modernity: Human Agency and the Imperial State moves the study of the modern empire towards a comparative, trans-regional analysis of events along the Ottoman frontiers: the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea. This inter-disciplinary approach of studying events at different ends of the Ottoman Empire challenges previous emphasis on Europe as the only source of change and highlights the progression of modern imperial states.Utilizing a trans-regional, comparative and inter-disciplinary approach, this book argues that modern imperialism is a by-product of local interchanges between a variety of actors that range from autonomous imperial
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