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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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."-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-253) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781474448963 1474448968 |