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UNINA9910456487903321 |
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Autore |
Üngör Uğur Ümit |
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Titolo |
Confiscation and destruction [[electronic resource] ] : the young turk seizure of armenian property / / Uğur Ümit Üngör and Mehment Polatel |
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London, : Continuum, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-16317-9 |
9786613163172 |
1-4411-1020-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 - Turkey |
Electronic books. |
Armenia History Revolution, 1917-1920 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Problematization; 2 Ideological Foundations: Constructing the Turkish 'National Economy'; 3 Legal Foundations: Using the Justice System for Injustice; 4 The Dispossession of Ottoman Armenians; 5 Adana: The Cotton Belt; 6 Diyarbekir: The Land of Copper and Silk; 7 Conclusion; Appendix 1 Partial List of Community Property Lost by the Adana Armenians; Appendix 2 List of Turks Owning Abandoned Properties in Adana, 1924; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first major study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offers insight into the economic ramifications of the genocidal process, and describes how the plunder was organized on the ground. The interrelated nature of property confiscation initiated by the Young Turk regime and its cooperating local elites offers new insights into the functions and beneficiaries of state-sanctioned robbery. Drawing on secret files and unexamined records, the authors demonstrat |
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