AU - Barkey,Karen TI - Empire of difference: the Ottomans in comparative perspective SN - 9780521715331 AV - DR531 B37 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Turkey KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index; Introduction -- Emergence : brokerage across networks -- Becoming an empire : imperial institutions and control -- Maintaining empire : an expression of tolerance -- The social organization of dissent -- An eventful eighteenth century : empowering the political -- A networking society : commercialization, tax farming, and social relations -- On the road out of empire : Ottomans struggle from empire to nation-state ER -