Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves

By Christopher Houston

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- -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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220505
• ISBN13: 9780253220509
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher