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Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915: 51
Author(s): Joost Jongerden (Editor), Jelle Verheij
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 3 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004225188
- ISBN-13: 9789004225183
Book Description
Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915 offers new, microhistoric and non-nationalist perspectives on the late 19th century history of the province of Diyarbekir. Focusing on a period dominated by violent conflicts between the authorities and various local elites and population groups of the region – urban Muslims, Kurds, Armenians, Syrian Christians and others – this book offers new insights into the social history of the region and the origins of the Armenian and Kurdish “Questions”, which were to gain such prominence in the 20th century.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Overall, this collection provides a noteworthy variety of perspectives on Diyarbekir in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from
Ottoman sources, British parliamentary documents, consul reports, the documents of Christian communities (like church archives) and oral
history. All the contributors undertake significant micro-studies to challenge historical generalizations and shed more light on neglected subjects’. Gülseren Duman, Boğaziçi University, in ‘New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 48, Spring 2013
Ottoman sources, British parliamentary documents, consul reports, the documents of Christian communities (like church archives) and oral
history. All the contributors undertake significant micro-studies to challenge historical generalizations and shed more light on neglected subjects’. Gülseren Duman, Boğaziçi University, in ‘New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 48, Spring 2013
About the Author
Joost Jongerden is Assistant Professor at Sociology and Anthropology of Development of Wageningen University, the Netherlands. His research interests include socio-spatial analyses of the Kurdish issue in Turkey. He is co-editor of Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey (Routledge, 2011).
Jelle Verheij is an independent researcher, specializing in the history and geography of Eastern Turkey and the late Ottoman Empire. He has published several articles on Armenian-Ottoman and Kurdish-Ottoman relations before World War I.
