Paul Stirling,Paul Stirling
In a mere 70 years Turkey has multiplied its population by over four and its production by over 20, becoming virtually an industrial society. As late as 1950, four-fifths of its people were small farmers, living in villages and they were mostly illiterate. How does such rapid economic growth and radical national change affect, and how is it affected by, knowledge, assumptions, faith, practices, social relations and technical skills of those villagers, as they supply the millions of migrants who move into old and new urban occupations - to become unskilled and skilled workers, technicians, teachers, small businessmen or even top professionals and wealthy entrepreneurs?
Culture And Economy: Changes In Turkish Villages