A modern history of the Kurds
In this comprehensive history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day, David McDowall examines the old and new aspects of the struggle, and the failure of modern states to respond to the challenge of Kurdish nationalism
eBook, English, ©2004
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I.B. Tauris : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, London, New York, ©2004
History
1 online resource (xii, 515 pages) : maps
9781441641298, 9780857714824, 1441641297, 0857714821
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Introduction: Kurdish identity and social formation
Book 1. The Kurds in the age of tribe and empire. Kurdistan before the nineteenth century
Ottoman Kurdistan, 1800-1850
Ottoman Kurdistan, 1850-1914
The Qajars and the Kurds
Revolution, nationalism and war, 1908-1918
Book 2. Incorporating the Kurds. Redrawing the map: the partition of the Ottoman Kurdistan
The Kurds, Britain and Iraq
Incorporating Turkey's Kurds
The Kurds under Reza Shah
Book 3. Ethno-nationalism in Iran. Tribe or ethnicity? The Mahabad Republic
Iran: creating a national movement
Subjects of the Shi'i Republic
Book 4. Ethno-nationalism in Iraq. The birth of a nationalist movement under Hashimite Rule
The Kurds in revolutionary Iraq
The Kurds under the Baath, 1968-1975
The road to genocide, 1975-1988
Uprising and self-rule
Book 5. Ethno-nationalism in Turkey. The Kurdish national revival in Turkey, 1946-1979
The PKK and the mass movement
The Kurds in exile: building the nation
Afterword
Appendix 1. The Treaty of Sèvres
Appendix 2. The Kurds of Syria
Appendix 3. The Kurds of Lebanon
Appendix 4. The Kurds of the Caucasus
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