The Kurds : a Contemporary Overview
Philip G. Kreyenbroek (Editor), Stefan Sperl (Editor)
This collection of studies remedies a dearth of serious scholarship in the area. Kurdish history, society and culture are considered, as are the international political and legal dimensions of the Kurds' situation.
1 online resource (272 pages).
9781134907656, 1134907656
919303390
Introduction Sami Zubaida 1. The Kurdish Question: A Historical Review David McDowall 2. Kurdish Society, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Refugee Problems Martin van Bruinessen 3. On the Kurdish Language Philip G. Kreyenbroek 4. Humanitarian Legal Order and the Kurdish Question Jane Connors 5. Political Aspects of the Kurdish Problem in Contemporary Turkey Hamit Borzaslan 6. The Situation of Kurds in Iraq and Turkey Munir Morad 7. The Kurdish Movement in Iraq 1975-1988 A. Sherzad 8. The Kurds in Syria and Lebanon I.C. Vanly 9. The Development of Nationalism in Iranian Kurdistan F. Koohi-Kamali 10. The Kurds in the Soviet Union I.C. Vanly