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Modern History of the Kurds

In this narrative, the first comprehensive account of recent Kurdish history, David McDowall traces the roots of Kurdish nationalism from the collapse of the Kurdish emirates in the nineteenth century and the consequent crisis in tribal politics, through the post-1918 peace settlement for which the Kurds were wholly unprepared, to the slow emergence of an educated non-tribal class during the middle years of this century. This new class faced two enemies. Externally, it had to resist the recently established regimes in Iran, Turkey and Iraq, all of which equated modernization with state nationalism, ethnic subordination and centralization. Internally, it had to transform a society based primarily on the socio-economic ethic of tribal patronage to one based on ethnic identity. McDowall shows how in each of these countries the struggle has taken on its own characteristics, problems and prospects; why pan-Kurdish unity still proves so elusive; and how governments have used the internal fault lines of Kurdish society to impede national progress. He also explains why the Kurdish question is unlikely to disappear and examines the likely prospects for the future.

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  • "In this narrative, the first comprehensive account of recent Kurdish history, David McDowall traces the roots of Kurdish nationalism from the collapse of the Kurdish emirates in the nineteenth century and the consequent crisis in tribal politics, through the post-1918 peace settlement for which the Kurds were wholly unprepared, to the slow emergence of an educated non-tribal class during the middle years of this century. This new class faced two enemies. Externally, it had to resist the recently established regimes in Iran, Turkey and Iraq, all of which equated modernization with state nationalism, ethnic subordination and centralization. Internally, it had to transform a society based primarily on the socio-economic ethic of tribal patronage to one based on ethnic identity. McDowall shows how in each of these countries the struggle has taken on its own characteristics, problems and prospects; why pan-Kurdish unity still proves so elusive; and how governments have used the internal fault lines of Kurdish society to impede national progress. He also explains why the Kurdish question is unlikely to disappear and examines the likely prospects for the future."@en
  • "Elusive; and how governments have used the internal fault lines of Kurdish society to impede national progress. He also explains why the Kurdish question is unlikely to disappear and examines the likely prospects for the future."@en
  • "A comprehensive history of the Kurds from the nineteenth century to the present day."@en
  • "In this narrative, the first comprehensive account of recent Kurdish history, David McDowall traces the roots of Kurdish nationalism from the collapse of the Kurdish emirates in the nineteenth century and the consequent crisis in tribal politics, through the post-1918 peace settlement for which the Kurds were wholly unprepared, to the slow emergence of an educated non-tribal class during the middle years of this century. This new class faced two enemies. Externally, it."@en
  • "Had to resist the recently established regimes in Iran, Turkey and Iraq, all of which equated modernization with state nationalism, ethnic subordination and centralization. Internally, it had to transform a society based primarily on the socio-economic ethic of tribal patronage to one based on ethnic identity. McDowall shows how in each of these countries the struggle has taken on its own characteristics, problems and prospects; why pan-Kurdish unity still proves so."@en
  • "This comprehensive chronicle of Kurdistan and its people is a revised and updated edition of David McDowallʹs acclaimed exploration of recent events in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, and it includes developments in Western Europe following the capture of Abdullah Ocalan. The division of Kurdistan among three modern nation states--Iraq, Turkey and Iran--and the struggle of the Kurdish people for national rights have never been as pressing as they are today."@en
  • "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."
  • "_' ... the best single narrative history of the Kurds ... it certainly belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the Middle East.'_ - *Washington Post Book World*_x000D__x000D_The division of the Kurdish people among four modern nation states - Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran - and their struggle for national rights have been constant themes of recent Middle East history. The Kurdish lands have been contested territory for many centuries. In this detailed history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day, McDowall examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the im."@en
  • "In this detailed history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day, McDowall examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the importance of local rivalries within Kurdish society, the enduring authority of certain forms of leadership and the failure of modern states to respond to the challenge of Kurdish nationalism. Drawing extensively on primary sources McDowall's book is useful for all who want a better understanding of the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question. -- Publisher description."

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  • "History"
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  • "Tārı̄kh- muʻāṣir-i kurd"
  • "Modern History of the Kurds"@en
  • "Modern History of the Kurds"
  • "A Modern history of the Kurds"
  • "Tārīkh al-Akrād al-Hadīth"
  • "A modern history of the Kurds"
  • "A modern history of the Kurds"@en
  • "Tārīkh-i muʻāṣir-i Kurd"
  • "A Modern History of the Kurds"
  • "A Modern History of the Kurds"@en
  • "Modern history of the Kurds"@en
  • "Modern Kürt tarihi"
  • "A modern history of the kurds"

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