| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 235 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; South Carolina's Turkish People; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A New People and Voice in Regional Life; Part One Who Are the Turkish People of Sumter County?; Chapter One A Community Like No Other; Chapter Two The Traditional Story of Oral History; Chapter Three Probing the Legend of Origins; Chapter Four Documenting the Patriarch and His People; Chapter Five The Turkish Traditional Narrative Is Confirmed; Part Two We Are the Turkish People of Sumter County; Chapter Six Our Voice: A Family Discussion |
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Chapter Seven Our Journey: From Isolation to AssimilationChapter Eight Reflections on Our Ancestry, Ethnicity, Community, Race Relations, and Systemic Oppression; Chapter Nine Life at the Dalzell School for Turks and Integrating the White Schools; Chapter Ten The Turkish Community Today; Chapter Eleven Our Story Has Now Been Told; Conclusion: What Have We Learned?; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The story of misunderstood immigrants and their struggle to gain recognition and acceptance in the rural South |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2018) |
| Subject |
Turkish Americans -- South Carolina -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Turkish Americans
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South Carolina
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Browder, Glen, author
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| LC no. |
2017043927 |
| ISBN |
9781611178593 |
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1611178592 |
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