America and the making of modern Turkey : science, culture and political alliances /
Ali Erken.
- viii, 226 pages ; 23 cm.
- Library of modern Turkey ; 34. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface, p.ix -- Introduction, p.1 ResearchandLiterature, p.10 -- Scienceand Medicine:Pillarsof Republic, p.21 -- Rockefeller Foundationand Pioneers of Scientific Medicine, p.21 -- Advancingthe Nationthrough Healthcare, p.31 -- Fellows and Projects after 1945, p.40 -- Remedies of Underdevelopment, p.51 -- Technicians of Industrial Development:Robert CollegeSchoolof Engineering and METU,p.53 -- Setting up the Frameworkfor Turkish Education, p.69 -- Teaching of Science, p.73 -- Age o fExperts, p.85 -- Business Development and Management ProgrammesinTurkey, p.88 -- Rockefeller Foundation andSocial Sciences inTurkey, p.98 -- Birth o fAreaStudies, p.105 -- Humanities and Westernisation, p.117 -- IslaminTurkey and the Creative Minority, p.120 -- Projects,Fellows and Turkish Westernisation, p.125 --Conclusion, p.143 --Notes, p.151 --Bibliography, p.205 --Index, p.223 .1. 2. 3. 4.
9781838604684 (paperback)
Education--Turkey.
United States--Relations--Turkey. Turkey--Relations--United States. Turkey--Civilization.