Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- 14 Educational Imperialism or Enlightenment?
- 15 The French-Language Press
- 16 Renegotiating Masculinities and Femininities at the Turn of the Century
- 17 Reining in the Free Experiment
- 18 Urban Milieus vs. National Communities
- 19 North-to-South Migration and Its Impact on the Urban Population
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Educational Imperialism or Enlightenment?
from Part IV - Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- 14 Educational Imperialism or Enlightenment?
- 15 The French-Language Press
- 16 Renegotiating Masculinities and Femininities at the Turn of the Century
- 17 Reining in the Free Experiment
- 18 Urban Milieus vs. National Communities
- 19 North-to-South Migration and Its Impact on the Urban Population
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
While most nineteenth-century Great Powers attempted to spread their language and country's prestige via sponsored schools abroad, in the Eastern Mediterranean, these schools were actually used by residents to gain a particularly valuable cultural capital and to emancipate themselves from their respective ethnic groups. Their families' bargaining power as payers of tuition and the fierce competition between the various foreign schools enabled them to overcome the imperialist intentions of these schools.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 219 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020