The Emergence of Modern Turkey/ by Bernard Lewis

By:

Lewis,Bernard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Oxford University Press, 1961.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 524pISBN:

0195003446

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DDC classification:

956.1 LEW/E

Contents:

I. Introduction: the Sources of Turkish Civilization ---- Part I. The Stages of Emergence. II. The Decline of the Ottoman Empire --- III. The Impact of the West --- IV. The Ottoman Reform --- V. The Seeds of Revolution --- VI. Despotism and Enlightenment --- VII. Union and Progress --- VIII. The Kemalist Republic --- IX. The Republic after Kemal ---- Part II. Aspects of Change. X. Community and Nation --- XI. State and Government --- XII. Religion and Culture --- XIII. Elite and Class --- XIV. Conclusions: the Turkish Revolution.

Summary: The subject of this book is the emergence of a new Turkey from the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Although there have been many books on the Turkish revolution, this is the first in which the development of modern Turkey is examined in detail over a period of two centuries, and with extensive use of Turkish as well as Western sources. In this new edition, the author has made a number of corrections and additions, and has revised the presentation of several topics to take account of new evidence and new research.

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I. Introduction: the Sources of Turkish Civilization ----
Part I. The Stages of Emergence. II. The Decline of the Ottoman Empire ---
III. The Impact of the West ---
IV. The Ottoman Reform ---
V. The Seeds of Revolution ---
VI. Despotism and Enlightenment ---
VII. Union and Progress ---
VIII. The Kemalist Republic ---
IX. The Republic after Kemal ----
Part II. Aspects of Change. X. Community and Nation ---
XI. State and Government ---
XII. Religion and Culture ---
XIII. Elite and Class ---
XIV. Conclusions: the Turkish Revolution.

The subject of this book is the emergence of a new Turkey from the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Although there have been many books on the Turkish revolution, this is the first in which the development of modern Turkey is examined in detail over a period of two centuries, and with extensive use of Turkish as well as Western sources. In this new edition, the author has made a number of corrections and additions, and has revised the presentation of several topics to take account of new evidence and new research.

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