Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of modernity that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past two centuries.

Leaving their mark on this period are; the turmoil of insurgency in Greece and Egypt, a growing intervention of European Powers in Eastern Mediterranean politics, and the unfolding of large reform projects within the administration of the Ottoman Empire. Whilst these developments have prompted enduring debates over Middle Eastern paths of transformation, the case of Cyprus has remained isolated...