Displacement and dispossession in the modern Middle East /

Displacement and dispossession in the modern Middle East /

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Author / Creator:	Chatty, Dawn.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xiv, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The contemporary Middle East ; 5 Contemporary Middle East ; 5.
Subject:	Forced migration -- Middle East -- History. Refugees -- Middle East -- History. Emigration and immigration. Forced migration. Refugees. Middle East -- Emigration and immigration -- History. Middle East. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8061255

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ISBN:	9780521817929 0521817927 9780521521048 (pbk.) 0521521041 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Dispossession and forced migration in the Middle East remain even today significant elements of contemporary life in the region. Dawn Chatty's book traces the history of those who, as a reconstructed Middle East emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century, found themselves cut off from their homelands, refugees in a new world, with borders created out of the ashes of war and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. As an anthropologist, the author is particularly sensitive to individual experience and how these experiences have impacted on society as a whole from the political, social, and environmental perspectives. Through personal stories and interviews within different communities, she shows how some minorities, such as the Armenian and Circassian communities, have succeeded in integrating and creating new identities, whereas others, such as the Palestinians and the Kurds, have been left homeless within impermanent landscapes. The book is unusual in combining an ethnographic approach that analyzes the everyday experiences of refugees and migrants against the backdrop of the broad sweep of Mediterranean history. It is intended as an introduction for students in Middle East studies, history, political science, and anthropology and for anyone concerned with war and conflict in the region"--Provided by publisher.

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Call Number:	HV640.4.M628 C53 2010
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