Learning to read in the late Ottoman Empire and the early Turkish republic\h[Electroic book] [Electronic book] / Benjamin C. Fortna
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Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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| Description |
Electronic book.
1 online resource (xiv, 247 p.) : ill.
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Available through EBL.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents |
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.
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| Summary |
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.
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University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Print version: Fortna, Benjamin C. Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,c2012 9780230232969
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| ISBN |
9780230300415
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