| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 235 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Turkish Americans -- South Carolina -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Browder, Glen, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ognibene, Terri Ann. South Carolina's Turkish people. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018] 9781611178586 (DLC) 2017041627 |
| ISBN |
9781611178593 (electronic bk.) |
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1611178592 (electronic bk.) |
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9781611178586 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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