Reading The Near East by William Yale, Chapter VII

CHAPTER VII

Abdul Hamid - The Last Ottoman Autocrat, 1876-1909

.Social Changes - Nature and Rate

Abdul Hamid

-Abdul Hamid's birth and upbringing

-Abdul Hamid's personality

-Domestic and foreign problems confronting the sultan

-Policies of Abdul Hamid

Modernization Under Abdul Hamid

-Railroad building

Failure of Abdul Hamid's Policies

-Reactionary and repressive policies

-Diplomatic maneuvers

-The Egyptian crisis

-British occupation of Egypt

-Menacing international complications