Reading Clocks, Alla Turca
Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Note on Terms, Names, and Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1 Reading Clocks, Alaturka
Chapter 2 Clerk Work
Chapter 3 Military Time
Chapter 4 On Time for School
Chapter 5 Ferry Tales
Chapter 6 No Time to Lose
Conclusion Reading Clocks, Alafranga
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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