Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic [electronic resource] /
Fortna, B.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration, Dates and Surnames; 1 Introduction: Reading Empire, Reading Republic; 2 Reading Represented; 3 Context and Content; 4 Mechanics: Text and Image; 5 Commodification and the Market; 6 Lives of Reading and Writing; 7 Conclusion: Reading and Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Civilization-History.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Middle East-History.
Social history.
European History.
Modern History.
Cultural History.
Middle Eastern Culture.
History of the Middle East.
Social History.