Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Table -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration -- Panorama of Yenişehir -- Panorama of İznik -- Introduction -- 1 Yenişehir and İznik around the Middle of the 19th Century -- 2 Dilemmas of Power between the Center and Provincial Societies: The 1863 Inspection Tour in Yenişehir and İznik -- 3 The Settlement of Immigrants and Land Disputes in Yenişehir and İznik: Legitimacy vs. the law
4 Ideology and Economy: Hamidian Hegemony and Scramble for Rural Resources -- 5 Empire as Enterprise in the Province: The Reign of Edhem Pasa in Yenişehir -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index