Trapped between the map and reality : geography and perceptions of Kurdistan / Maria T O'Shea.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Shea, Maria T., 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Middle East studies (Routledge (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Perceptions of centrality from the margins
  • The social context of political fragmentation
  • Defining a Kurdish identity
  • Kurdistan's resources, real and imagined
  • Tying down the territory : conceptions and misconceptions of early Kurdish history
  • From province to principality to pawn : Kurdistan as a buffer zone
  • The First World War
  • The image from outside : strategic concerns
  • The Colonial division of Kurdistan
  • Kurdish constructions of Kurdistan
  • Between the map and the reality.