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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-a-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.
Contents
Introduction One Nationalizing Originsand Kurdistan (1) Two 'Set aside from the Pen and Cut off from the Foot': Imagining the Ottoman Empire and Kurdistan (2) Three Representing Kurds: A Brief History of Kurds and Kurdistan in Ethnography Four Kemalism and the Crafting of National Selves in Kurdistan Five Kurdish Inhabitation of the 'Kemalist City' Conclusion Bibliography Index
