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Book SynopsisMichael Meeker combines anthropological and historical methods to examine the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic in a major region of the country, the eastern Black Sea coast.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Explanations List of Maps, Tables, and Figures Part I. Aghas and Hodjas: The Republican District of Of 1. Amnesia: Clan-Society and Nation-State 2. Prohibition: Social Relations and Official Islam Part II. The Dissemination of an Imperial Modernity: The Ottoman Province of Trabzon 3. Horizons: Markets and States 4. Empire: Gaze, Discipline, Rule 5. Dissemination: Soldiers and Students Part III. The Old State Society and the New State System: The Ottoman Province of Trabzon 6. A State Society: State Officials and Local Elites 7. Blindness: A Feudal Past Without a Modern Future 8. Scandal: Aghas and Hodjas Part IV. Old Modernity and New Modernity: The Republican Town of Of 9. Revolution: Amnesia and Prohibition 10. Democracy: The Old Republic Inhabits the New Republic 11. Civil Society: Coffeehouses and Cooperatives 12. The City: Nations and Empires References Index
