The Turk in America : creation of an enduring prejudice /
"In The Turk in America, historian Justin McCarthy seeks to explain the historical basis for American prejudice towards Turks in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The volume focuses on fraudulent characterizations of Turks, mostly stemming from an antipathy in Europe and America tow...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Utah series in Turkish and Islamic studies.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | "In The Turk in America, historian Justin McCarthy seeks to explain the historical basis for American prejudice towards Turks in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The volume focuses on fraudulent characterizations of Turks, mostly stemming from an antipathy in Europe and America toward non-Christians, and especially Muslims. Spanning one hundred and fifty years, this history explores the misinformation largely responsible for the negative stereotypes of Turks during this period"--Publisher description |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 499 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-492) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781607819660 160781966X |
