Ways to Modernity in Greece and Turkey: Encounters with Europe, 1850 -1950 (Library of European Studies)

"This is a clear and original examination of the impact of modernity on Greece and Turkey, and the influence of the West on these former states of the Ottoman Empire during the crucial hundred years between 1850 and 1950. "Ways to Modernity in Greece and Turkey" explores the reactions and coping mechanisms displayed in both societies in reaction to Europe's all-pervasive influence. Elites in both societies engaged in defensive modernization, culminating in parallel attempts to mould their nations in line with the western blueprint. The authors examine reforms in the legal regime, the changing nature of family and gender relations, and re-engineered conceptions of space and the built environment. They describe and analyse different aspects of the changes in the two societies over this period, as they defined their practices and identities against Europe, and often against each other."--Bloomsbury Publishing Introduction / Anna Frangoudaki And Caglar Keyder -- Constructing The Modern State. Constitutionalism And The Ideological Conversion To National Unity Under The Greek Constitution Of 1864 / Ioannis A. Tassopoulos -- From Plurality To Unity: Codification And Jurisprudence In The Late Ottoman Empire / Zafer Toprak -- Transforming Tradition. Metaphors Of Change: 'tradition' And East/west Discourse In The Late Ottoman Empire / Haris Exertzoglou -- Signatures Of Greek Clients Of The Imperial Ottoman Bank: A Clue To Cultural Choices And Behaviour? / Edhem Eldem -- From West To East: The Translation Bridge, An Approach From A Western Perspective / Ionna Petropoulou -- Turkish Architecture Between Ottomanism And Modernism (1873-1931) / Sibel Bozdoğan -- New Nations, New Women. Crossings And Homecomings: Mobility And The Politics Of Culture In Greece During The First Half Of The Twentieth Century / Ionna Laliotou -- A Gift From The New World: Greek Feminists Between East And West (1880-1930) / Angelika Psarra -- Constituting The Modern Family As The Social In The Transition From Empire To Nation-state / Nükhet Sirman -- Cooking The Nation: Women, Experiences Of Modernity, And The Girls' Institute In Turkey / Zafer Yenal -- Modern Spaces. Cityscapes And Modernity: Smyrna Morphing Into İzmir / Biray Kolluoğlu Kirh -- New Patterns Of Urban Development In The Aegean Islands, 1850-1920s / Alexandra Yerolympos. Edited By Anna Frangoudaki And Caglar Keyder. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Examines the impact of modernity on Greece and Turkey, and the influence of the West on these former states of the Ottoman Empire during the crucial hundred years between 1850 and 1950. This book explores the reactions and coping mechanisms displayed in both societies in reaction to Europe's all-pervasive influence.