Kurdistan
Subtitle: in the shadow of history
By: Susan Meiselas ; with historical introductions and a new postscript by Martin van Bruinessen.
Contributors: Bruinessen, Martin van.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226519272; 9780226519289
Subjects: Kurds -- Pictorial works; Kurdistan -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Susan Meiselas; title: Before the great war; title: Travelers and missionaries as witness; title: From empires to nation-states; title: Conflicting claims on eastern Turkey; title: British occupation of Mesopotamia and the creation of Iraq; title: Resistance to centralization in Iran; title: Rebellions in Turkey; title: Under the Iraqi monarchy; title: The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad; title: A Kurdish state; title: Uneasy coexistence; title: Order restored in Iraq; title: The monarchy consolidates in Iran; title: Behind the iron curtain; title: Identity contested in Turkey; title: Armed struggle for autonomy; title: The republic of Iraq; title: The Islamic revolution in Iran; title: The military takes control in Turkey; title: After the cold war; title: From genocide to safe haven in Iraq; title: Polarization in Turkey; title: Epilogue; title: Postscript, ten years later.