Tradition and change in a Turkish town

by Paul J. Magnarella

1974 199 pages eng

Modernization is the stated theme of this book, employing "a general orientation to the study . .. which has been borrowed from Smelser (1968)." The town is Susurluk in the Aegean region of Turkey, a subprovincial seat in the province of Balikesir. Two periods of the town's past are described: the f…