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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463149203321

Titolo

State-nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey : Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945 / / edited by Benjamin C. Fortna. [et. al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-09690-8

1-283-86146-1

1-136-22053-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

FortnaBenjamin C

Disciplina

320.54095609/034

Soggetti

Nationalism - History

Nationalism - Turkey - History

Nationalism - Greece - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; 1 The Ottoman Empire and after: from a state of "nations" to "nation-states"; 2 Elites and the formation of national identity: the case of the Greek Orthodox millet (mid-nineteenth century to 1922); 3 Millet legacies in a national environment: political elites and Muslim communities in Greece (1830s-1923)

4 Nationalist infiltrations in Ottoman Thrace (ca.1870-1912): the case of the Kaza of Gumuljina5 A minority in a state of flux: Greek self-administration and education in post-Lausanne Istanbul (ca.1923-30); 6 The policies of Turkey toward the Ecumenical Patriarchate: the single-party era (1923-45); 7 Hostage minority: the Muslims of Greece (1923-41); 8 The Ankara Agreement of 1930 and the minorities: reconciliation, normalization or instrumentalization?; 9 "Tax me to the end of my life!": anatomy of an anti-minority tax legislation (1942-3);



10 Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the emergence of minorities and their institutions from the late nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, this book provides a comparative study of government policies and ideologies of two states towards minority populations living within their borders.Making extensive use of new archival material, this volume transcends the tendency to compare the Greek-Orthodox in Turkey and the Muslims in Greece separately and, through a comparison of the policies of the host states and the operation of the political, religious and social institutions of minorities, demonstr