Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic
Description
An exploration of the ways in which children learned and were taught to read, against the background of the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic. This study gives us a fresh perspective on the transition from empire to republic by showing us the ways that reading was central to the construction of modernity.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeModernSocial HistorySocial ScienceEthnic StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesMiddle EastAnthropologyCultural & SocialAsia
2010Book
Author(s)Benjamin C. Fortna
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230232969
LanguageEnglish
