ISBN:
184511339X
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9781845113391
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 256 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Library of modern Middle East studies 66
Paralleltitel:
Print version The State and the Subaltern : Modernization, Society and the State in Turkey and Iran
DDC:
303.4840955
Schlagwort(e):
Islam and politics Congresses
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Islam and politics Congresses
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Politics and culture Congresses
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Social change Congresses
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Islamic modernism Congresses
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Islamic modernism
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Politics and culture Congresses
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Social change Congresses
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Turkey Congresses Politics and government 20th century
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Iran Congresses Politics and government 20th century
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Turkey Congresses Politics and government 19th century
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Konferenzschrift
Kurzfassung:
In the 1920s Turkey and Iran faced political upheaval as both states attempted to find their routes to modernity. This is the first study to observe the practice of modernization in Turkey and Iran not only from above, by examining the measures adopted by the political regimes of the late Ottomans, Ataturk and Reza Shah, but also from below, exploring how different social levels contributed to the drive for modernity. It is a full and thorough analysis of how these societies reacted to reform and change. "The State and the Subaltern" offers a fresh perspective on the accommodation an
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Introduction - Touraj Atabaki; 1. Time, Labour-Discipline and Modernization in Turkey and Iran: Some Comparative Remarks - Touraj Atabaki; 2. Workers and the Stae during the Late Ottoman Empire - Donald Quataert; 3. Disgruntled Guests: Iranian Subalterns on the Margins of the Tsarist Empire - Touraj Atabaki; 4. Modernization of the Empire and the Community 'Privileges': Greek Orthodox Responses to the Young Turk Policies - Vangelis Kechriotis
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5. Reform from Above, Resistance from Below: The New Order and its Opponents in Iran, 1927-29 - Stephanie Cronin6. The Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic - Erik-Jan Zurcher; 7. With or Without Workers in Reza Shah's Iran: Abadan, May 1929 - Kaveh Bayat; 8. Sufi Reactions Against the Reforms After Turkey's National Struggle: How a Nightingale Turned into a Crow - Huyla Kucuk; 9. A Reaction to Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey: The Menemen Incident and the Creation and Contestation of a Myth, 1930-1931 - Umut Azak
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
10. Authority and Agency: Revisiting Women's Activism during Reza Shah's Period - Afsaneh Najmabadi11. Polygamy Before and After the Introduction of the Swiss Civil Code in Turkey - Nicole A.N.M. van Os; Notes; Index
Anmerkung:
Written "as a result of a workshop on 'The Triumphs and Travails of Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey and Iran: Twentieth-Century History From Below', which was organized at the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in autumn 2003."--p. xvi
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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