Urbanization and the Formation of Modern Nation-States in the Turko-Persian World
[Thesis]
Can Ersoy
Arjomand, Said A.; Roxborough, Ian
State University of New York at Stony Brook
2016
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Committee members: Levy, Daniel; Sohrabi, Nader
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-37489-6
Ph.D.
Sociology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
2016
Formation of modern states has been studied by numerous scholars over the last four decades however, the particular role of urbanization in this process have received considerably less attention. The few existing works that do focus on this issue exclusively examine the European experience and explain the interaction between cities and emerging states within that historical framework.
Middle Eastern history; Sociology
Social sciences;Afghanistan;Iran;Pakistan;State formation;Turkey;Urbanization