Screen LibraryA people without a state : the Kurds from the rise of Islam to the dawn of nationalism /
"Numbering between 25 and 35 million worldwide, the Kurds are among the largest culturally and ethnically distinct people to remain stateless. A People Without a State offers an in-depth survey of an identity that has often been ignored in mainstream historiographies of the Middle East and brin...
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University of Texas Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Austin, Texas : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Numbering between 25 and 35 million worldwide, the Kurds are among the largest culturally and ethnically distinct people to remain stateless. A People Without a State offers an in-depth survey of an identity that has often been ignored in mainstream historiographies of the Middle East and brings to life the historical, social, and political developments in Kurdistani society over the past millennium. Michael Eppel begins with the myths and realities of the origins of the Kurds, describes the effect upon them of medieval Muslim states under Arab, Persian, and Turkish dominance, and recounts |
| Carrier Form: | 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-168) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781477311073 (paperback) : 1477311076 (paperback) 9781477309117 (cloth : alkaline paper) 147730911X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | DS59 |
| CLC: | K370.8 |
| Call Number: | K370.8/E644 |
| Contents: | Introduction : the origins of the Kurds -- myths, history, and modern politics -- Kurdish distinctiveness under Arab, Persian, and Turkish dominance -- The era of Ottoman and Iranian rule -- The demise of Kurdish emirates in the nineteenth century -- Seeds of Kurdish nationalism in the declining Ottoman empire -- The beginnings of modern Kurdish politics -- The Kurds and Kurdistan during World War I -- The Kurds and the new Middle East after the Ottomans -- Conclusion : from distinctiveness to nationalism -- continuing issues of Kurdish collective identity. |