Before the Nation: Muslim-Christian Coexistence and its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia

245 Pages·2012·1.14 MB·English

by  Nicholas Doumanis

BEFORE THE NATION
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BEFORE THE
NATION
muslim-christian coexistence
and its destruction in late
ottoman anatolia
NICHOLAS DOUMANIS
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I wish to dedicate this book to four generations of
women to whom I owe everything: my late grandmother
Kalliroi, my mother Kokona (Connie), my wife Helen,
and my daughter Daphne.
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Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Note on Place Names, Terms, and Transliterations xi
Preface xiii
Introduction: Intercommunality, Everyday Life,
and Social Memory 1
1. Great Curse of Babel: Late Ottoman Anatolia 15
2. Ottoman belle époque, c.1890–1912: Intercommunality in Practice 43
3. ‘People of God’ Part I: The Logics of Popular Orthodoxy 88
4. ‘People of God’ Part II: Accommodation, Faith, and the
Supernatural 109
5. Catastrophes: Nationalism and the War Y ears (1908–22) 131
Epilogue 170
Glossary 174
Endnotes 176
Bibliography 206
Index 221
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List of Abbreviations
CUP Committee for Union and Progress
IMRO International Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
KMS Kentro Mikrasiatikon Spoudon (Centre for Asia Minor Studies)
FO Foreign Offi ce
PRO Public Records Offi ce
WO War Offi ce