TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eppel,Michael
TI  - A people without a state: the Kurds from the rise of Islam to the dawn of nationalism 
SN  - 9781477311073
AV  - DS59.K86 E67 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Kurds
KW  - History
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Kurdistan
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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
ER  -