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A people without a state : the Kurds from the rise of Islam to the dawn of nationalism / Michael Eppel.

By: Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016Copyright date: 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 176 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781477311073
  • 1477311076
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS59.K86 E67 2016
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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index.

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.

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