Alev Scott
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Turkish Awakening
Behind the Scenes of Modern Turkey
- Faber & Faber, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-0-571-29658-3
EAN 9780571296583
Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country going through rapid political and social change, with an extraordinary past still linked to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and an ever more surprising present under the leadership of Recep Tayyip ...
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- Quercus Publishing, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 15,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5294-0285-8
EAN 9781529402858
Democracy was born in Athens. From its founding myths to its golden age and its chaotic downfall, it's rich with lessons for our own times. Why did vital civil engagement and fair debate descend into paralysis and populism? Can we compare Creon to Trump, Demokratia to the American Constitution or Demosthenes' On the Crown to ...
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- Quercus Publishing, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 272 páginas
PVP: 20,20 €
ISBN 978-1-5294-0284-1
EAN 9781529402841
DEMOCRACY WAS BORN IN ATHENS. FROM ITS FOUNDING MYTHS TO ITS GOLDEN AGE AND ITS CHAOTIC DOWNFALL, IT'S RICH WITH LESSONS FOR OUR OWN TIMES. Why did vital civic engagement and fair debate descend into populism and paralysis? Can we compare the demagogue Cleon to President Trump, the Athenian Empire to modern America, or the ...
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Ottoman Odyssey
Travels through a Lost Empire
- Quercus Publishing, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 15,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78429-371-0
EAN 9781784293710
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR**Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through twelve countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a legacy that's vital and relevant; where ...
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