Author: Akural, Sabri M. ; editor :
Title: Turkic Culture : Continuity and Change
Description: Bloomington [IN], Indiana University, (1987). orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 186 pp. Series: Indiana University Turkish Studies, 6.. Minor wear. Corner bump. VG. ¶ Contains 20 papers on Ottoman-Turkish History, Anatolian Fairy Tales & Turkish Folklore; & Turkish Literature & Linguistics. Includes: Islam as a Factor of Change & Revival in Modern Turkey; How the Ottoman Government Adjusted to a New Institution; The Newspaper Press; Mass Media in Turkey; Symbols of Procreation: Implications for Education & Population Planning; Western Goods in the Ottoman Empire of the Early 16th Century: The Dynamics of Change; The Image of Europe in Ottoman Historiography; The Patrona Halil Rebellion & Ottoman-Persian Wars & 18th Century Ottoman Historiography; Muslim Workers & the Labor Movement in Pre-War Baku; The Romance of Iskender and Gülsah; The Melusine Fairy & Sahmeran in Asia Minor; Interaction Processes of Turkish Minstrels in Song Dueling; Problems of Systematization of Turkish Riddles; The Personal Pronouns in the Southern Dialects of Contemporary Uzbek; Career Patterns of 12 Uzbek Writers; 'Ali Akba Sabir, the Poet-Satirist of Azerbaijan; The Yurt in Inner Asia, and Yurts in Turkey: Some General as Well as Specific Observations; The Mountain in the Language and Literature of the Turks.

Keywords: Turkish Sociology, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Historiography, Social History, Ethnology Language, Turkic Languages, Literary Criticism, Folklore, Fairy Tales