| Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey: Social History, Culture and Modernization Contributor(s): Yildirmaz, Sinan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780761139 ISBN-13: 9781780761138 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 21st Century - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
| Dewey: 956.102 |
| Series: Library of Ottoman Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the feudal system which had survived untouched in much of Anatolia began to change. Kemal Ataturk's task of building a nation 'from the people up' meant that the peasantry, by far Turkey's largest ethnographic group, became an important symbol of social cohesion. Here, Sinan Yildirmaz analyses the history of modern Turkey through the material culture of this peasantry - their speeches, social club documents, art and diaries - and reveals a rich social and political life which flowered after the Second World War. Politics and the Peasantry in Post-War Turkey is the first history to show how the changing peasantry laid the foundations for the modern Turkish state, and will be essential reading for students and scholars of the Ottoman Empire and of the History of Modern Turkey. |