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The Middle East from empire to sealed identities /

"This compelling analysis of the modern Middle East - based on research in 19 archives and numerous languages - shows the transition from an internal history characterised by local realities that were plural and multidimensional, and where identities were flexible and hybrid, to a simplified hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kamel, Lorenzo, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This compelling analysis of the modern Middle East - based on research in 19 archives and numerous languages - shows the transition from an internal history characterised by local realities that were plural and multidimensional, and where identities were flexible and hybrid, to a simplified history largely imagined and imposed by external actors. The author demonstrates how the once-heterogeneous identities of Middle Eastern peoples were sealed into a standardised and uniform version that persists to this day. He also sheds light on the efforts that peoples in the region - in the context of a new process of homogenisation of diversities - are exerting in order to get back into history, regaining possession of their multifaceted pasts."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-253) and index.
ISBN:9781474448963
1474448968