{"product_id":"city-of-black-gold-oil-ethnicity-and-the-making-of-modern-kirkuk-paperback-softback-9781503609136","title":"City of Black Gold; Oil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503609136","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCity of Black Gold\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArbella Bet-Shlimon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503609136\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Based on extensive primary research, \u003ci\u003eCity of Black Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is essential for anyone interested in the modern history of Iraq and the roots of the standoff between the government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government. Written with care and sensitivity, Arbella Bet-Shlimon's history of Kirkuk is a delight to read.\"—Joost Hiltermann, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group \"This remarkable study of Kirkuk uncovers the ways in which the city became—and did not become—part of the Iraqi state. Arbella Bet-Shlimon bravely covers silenced histories, as she encourages us to look at Iraqi history through its northern urban peripheries. A fascinating urban history.\"—Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago \"\u003ci\u003eCity of Black Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful account of Kirkuk. Blending smooth storytelling and sharp analysis, Arbella Bet-Shlimon challenges readers to rethink much of what passes as conventional wisdom about Iraq, and about power, oil, and ethnicity in the twentieth century. A wonderful book, richly documented, accessible, and creative.\"—Toby C. Jones, Rutgers University \"This fine social history of the city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, traces a century of political upheaval.\"—John Waterbury, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkuk is Iraq's most multilingual city, for millennia home to a diverse population. It was also where, in 1927, a foreign company first struck oil in Iraq. Over the following decades, Kirkuk became the heart of Iraq's booming petroleum industry. \u003ci\u003eCity of Black Gold\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of oil, urbanization, and colonialism in Kirkuk—and how these factors shaped the identities of Kirkuk's citizens, forming the foundation of an ethnic conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArbella Bet-Shlimon reconstructs the twentieth-century history of Kirkuk to question the assumptions about the past underpinning today's ethnic divisions. In the early 1920s, when the Iraqi state was formed under British administration, group identities in Kirkuk were fluid. But as the oil industry fostered colonial power and Baghdad's influence over Kirkuk, intercommunal violence and competing claims to the city's history took hold. The ethnicities of Kurds, Turkmens, and Arabs in Kirkuk were formed throughout a century of urban development, interactions between communities, and political mobilization. Ultimately, this book shows how contentious politics in disputed areas are not primordial traits of those regions, but are a modern phenomenon tightly bound to the society and economics of urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Forging of Iraq\u003cbr\u003e  2. The British Mandate\u003cbr\u003e  3. Oil and Urban Growth\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Ideology of Urban Development\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Intercommunal Fight\u003cbr\u003e  6. Nationalization and Arabization\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670796398872,"sku":"9781503609136","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/city-of-black-gold-oil-ethnicity-and-the-making-of-modern-kirkuk-paperback-softback-9781503609136","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}