Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: GE.USV FS.E Vaugh / College 2d - Geschichte	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

Carter Vaughn Findley's book is one of the most noteworthy achievements in recent years and a very welcome and needed contribution to Turkish and Turkic studies. Anyone who is directly involved in teaching a survey course in English on the "Turks," and their rich and various traditions and civilizations, must know the scholarly and pedagogical pain of collecting available publications on the subject, the arduous process of filtering these valuable but linguistically and methodologically not-so-accessible publications for the consumption of undergraduate and graduate students. As Findley states in the introduction, the idea of writing such a work, free from academic jargon and highly technical discourse, first came to mind when he was a graduate student. In the way the book is organized and presented (I am especially impressed and pleased with Findley's straightforward but colorful and playful language), it may indeed be targeting "nonspecialists," but it will be read and consulted by many "specialists" as well. The story of the "Turks," from their pre-Islamic, nomadic times to their glorious and powerful Islamic empires, and to their encounter with Western ideas and ideals, is masterfully presented in a single and accessible volume accompanied by specially generated maps and pictures.