UID:
almafu_9959230654502883
Format:
1 online resource (208 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-09643-7
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1-281-75366-1
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9786611753665
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0-203-89211-9
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 16
Content:
This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach, Jordi Tejel provides fine, complex and sometimes paradoxical analysis about the articulation between tribal, local, regional, and national identities, on one hand, and the formation of a Kurdish minority awareness vis-à-vis the consolidation of Arab nationalism in Syria, on the other hand. Using unpublished material, in particular concerning the Mandatory period (French records and Kurdish newspape
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Kurds during the French Mandate; 2 Syria in transition, 1946-63; 3 The Ba'athist system and the Kurds; 4 The Kurdish issue and its transnational dimension; 5 The Kurdish response and its margins: "Dissimulation" of a hidden conflict; 6 The Qamishli revolt, 2004: The marker of a new era for the Kurds in Syria; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-61346-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-42440-2
Language:
English
