Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves - Rilegato

Houston, Christopher

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1845202686 ISBN 13: 9781845202682

Casa editrice: Berg Pub Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

Covering its people, history and culture, this book provides a concise history of Kurdistan. Under the Ottoman Empire, Kurdistan was the name given to the province in which the Kurds, a nomadic non-Arab ethnic group, formed the largest population. But re-mapping, wars and the growth of modern nation states have turned Kurdistan into an imagined homeland. The Kurdish question is one that continually reappears on the political stage because of the strategic location of Kurdistan. In tracing the ways in which Kurdistan has been represented and politicized, the author considers the plight of the oppressed Kurdish minority in the modern nations of Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Christopher Houston is at Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia.
^Christopher Houston is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Berg Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845202686
• ISBN 13: 9781845202682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256