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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Past's Present
  • 1 Beyond 'Tribes' and 'Sects': on Concepts and Terms
  • 2 The First Moment
  • 1830s: The Germs of Competing Ethno-religious Visions
  • 3 The Second Moment
  • The Tanzımat's Long Waves: Politicising Ethno-religious Differences
  • 4 The Third Moment
  • From Ethnocentric Drives to a New Millet System
  • 5 Balfour's 'Pattern'
  • 6 The Racialisation of Middle Eastern People
  • 7 Beyond 'Artificiality': Borders, States, Nations
  • Conclusion: The Present's Past
  • Bibliography