Uzun 19. Yüzyılda Orta Avrupa (Bir Habsburg Üçlemesi)’ by Oktar Türel
T his s t ud y i s , es s en t ia l l y, ab o ut t h e s oc i a l h i s tor i es of t hre e
m aj or c ons t it u en t par t s of th e A us tr o - Hu n ga ri an Em p ire , i. e.
A us tr i a pr op er , t he K in gd om of Hu n ga r y a nd t he C zec h l a nds .
B y a n d l ar ge , i t s p ans an ag e , wh ic h s t arts wi th t h e ec o n om ic
an d p ol i t ic a l r e v o lu t io ns of th e l at e X VI II . C en t ur y a n d en ds
wi t h t he o ut bre ak of th e I . W orld W ar. O c c as i on a l r ef ere nc es
to ear l i er a n d l at er p er i ods ar e a ls o a dd e d, wh en e v er n e ed e d.
T he h is to ric a l na rra t i v es in t he t ex t c o nc er n i ng t hes e r e g io ns
ar e n ot c o nf i n e d to t he c ha rac ter is t ic f ea t ures of th at a ge
s uc h as th e e v ol u ti o n of n at i on - s t at es , i n dus tri a l i za t i on a nd
m oder ni za t i o n,
b ut
a ls o
i nc lu d e
some
as pec ts
of
de v e l opm en t i n m od er n arts as i n d is p e ns a b l e c om pon e nts of
th e wh o l e s p ec tr um of s oc i a l c ha n g e. T h es e as p ec ts a re
i ntr od uc e d i nt o t he n arr at i v e pr im ari l y t hr o ug h t h e c ar eer
s tor i es of s om e d is t i n gu is h ed art is ts wo rk in g i n t he f ie l ds of
" pl as tic " arts a n d ar c h it ec t ur e, a n d ar e d em ons tr a te d b y
v ar io us
c ol o ur
pl a tes
in
the
b o ok .
T he s t u d y c onc l u des wi t h a b ri ef a n d s e lec t i v e r e vi e w of th e
s oc ia l s c ie nc e li t er a tu r e o n n a ti o ns a n d n at i o na l is m . S uc h a r e vi e w is c o ns i der e d t o b e r el e va n t
no t o n l y t o C e ntr a l Eur op e in t ha t a g e s o as t o l i nk t h e i n d i v id u al s t or ies of c o un tr ies c o n c ern e d
wi t h eac h o th er , b ut a l s o to t h e " em er g i ng " n at i ons of t he X X . a n d X X I. C en tur i es .
“Türkiye Ekonomisinin Dünü Bugünü Yarını” by Emre Özçelik and Erol Taymaz:
Art ic l es i n t h e b o ok ex am i ne
ec o n om ic c o ns tr a in ts ; po l it ic a l
c ho ic es a nd s oc i a l pro b l em s
re la te d
to
t he
T urk is h
ec o n om y, as we l l a s p ol ic y
rec om m end at i ons
to
t hes e
c ons tr ai n ts ,
c h o ic e s
and
pro b l em s .
T his
c o m pil at i o n
i n vo l v es d et a i l ed an a l ys e s of a
wi d e r a n g e of is s u e s i n t h e
T urk is h ec on om y, s uc h as
tec h no l og ic a l p ro gr es s , l a bor
m ark et,
f in anc i a l
de v e l opm en ts , f or e i g n tr ad e ,
agr ic u lt ur a l
and
ho us i ng
s ec t ors , p o v ert y, v ic tim s of
pr i va t i za t io n , etc . T he b o ok
has a p lur a l is t ic a p pro ac h in
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