| Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves Contributor(s): Houston, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253220505 ISBN-13: 9780253220509 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A concise history of the idea of Kurdistan |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 956.67 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.65 lbs) 186 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kurdistan provides an introduction to and a succinct history of the idea of Kurdistan, the imagined homeland of the Kurds. Christopher Houston examines the historiography, ethnography, and changing political status of the Kurdish regions vis-?? -vis the Ottoman and British empires, and considers the responses of Kurds to the nation-building missions of modern Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. These projects, driven by ambitious elites in the modernizing capitals of new nation-states, were accompanied by varying degrees of intolerance toward minority ethnic languages, political institutions, and regional autonomy. |