The margins of empire : Kurdish militias in the Ottoman tribal zone / / Janet Klein

• Autore: Klein Janet <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.3/708991597056
• Soggetto topico: Kurds - Turkey - History; Kurds - Turkey - Government relations
• Soggetto geografico: Turkey Militia History; Turkey Armed Forces Minorities History; Turkey Ethnic relations History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the Hamidiye Light Cavalry in the Ottoman tribal zone -- A manifold mission -- The Hamidiye under Abdülhamid II : 1890-1908 -- The tribal light cavalry under the Young Turks : 1908-1914 -- The Hamidiye and the "agrarian question" -- The Hamidiye and its legacy.
• Sommario/riassunto: At the turn of the twentieth century, the Ottoman state identified multiple threats in its eastern regions. In an attempt to control remote Kurdish populations, Ottoman authorities organized them into a tribal militia and gave them the task of subduing a perceived Armenian threat. Following the story of this militia, Klein explores the contradictory logic of how states incorporate groups they ultimately aim to suppress and how groups who seek autonomy from the state often attempt to do so through state channels.
• Titolo autorizzato: The margins of empire
• ISBN: 0-8047-7775-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814753203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II