South Carolina's Turkish People: A History and Ethnology

by Terri Ann Ognibene and Glen Browder

The story of misunderstood immigrants and their struggle to gain recognition and acceptance in the rural South

Despite its reputation as a melting pot of ethnicities and races, the United States has a well-documented history of immigrants who have struggled through isolation, segregation, discrimination, oppression, and assimilation. South Carolina is home to one such group--known historically and derisively as "the Turks"--which can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611178584
• ISBN13: 9781611178586
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"