TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zürcher,Erik J.
TI  - Turkey: a modern history 
SN  - 9781860649585
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Armenian Genocide
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 1909-
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Previous ed.: 1997; Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-380) and index; Cont.: Introduction : periodization, theory and methodology -- pt. I. Western influences and early attempts at modernization. The Ottoman empire at the end of the eighteenth century ; Between tradition and innovation : Sultan Selim III and the 'new order', 1789-1807 ; The early years of Sultan Mahmut II : the centre tries to regain control ; The later years of Sultan Mahmut II : the start of the reforms ; The era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71 ; The crisis of 1873-78 and its aftermath ; Reactionary despotism or culmination of the reforms? : the reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II -- pt. 2. The young Turk era in Turkish history (1908-50). The second constitutional period, 1912-18 ; The struggle for independence ; The emergence of the one-party state, 1923-27 ; The Kemalist one-party state, 1925-45 ; The transition to democracy, 1945-50 -- pt. 3. A troubled democracy. The rule of the Democratic Party, 1950-60 ; The second Turkish Republic, 1960-80 ; The third republic : Turkey since 1980
N2  - Building upon and updating its twin themes, this revised edition focuses on Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society
ER  -