Ethnic survival, nationalism and forced migration

An important new trend in Ottoman studies focuses on the historical demography of the Ottoman Empire. A number of scholars have attempt­ ed in recent years to reconstruct the evolution of the population in various parts and provinces of the Empire. The great interest of these studies consists in the new documentation they bring to light from the non-generally accessible Ottoman archives'. The historical demography of more recent times, especially of the nineteenth century, can be doc­ umented on the basis of official censuses and other population regis­ ters2. Both the interests of the researchers and the character of the