The Middle East from Empire to Sealed Identities (Hardcover)

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. This version of history is distinguished by the politicisation of these identities with the aim of better grasping and, ultimately, controlling them. The author shows - mainly through a study of key moments, including the germs of competing ethno-religious visions in the 1830s, the Ottoman Tanzimat, the introduction of the Millet system, the Balfour Declaration, post-World War One treaties, and the creation of borders - how the once heterogeneous identities of Middle Eastern peoples were sealed into a standardised and uniform version that persists to this day.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Lorenzo Kamel
Dimensions:	167 x 242 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-4894-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-4744-4894-1
Barcode:	9781474448949

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