A Nation of Empire
Subtitle: The Ottoman Legacy of Turkish Modernity
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 29, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780520234826
Subjects: Anthropology; Asian / Middle Eastern history; Turkey; History; Black Sea Coast (Turkey); Archaeology / Anthropology; Social conditions; History: World; Middle East; Ottoman Empire; Anthropology - Cultural; Middle East - Turkey; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Black Sea Coast; General; Elite (Social sciences); Islam and politics
First sentence: In August of 1965, during my first trip to Turkey, I was traveling by minibus eastward along the coastal road from Trabzon, hopping from town to town, taking first one van and then another, intending to reach Rize by the evening.