The Cambridge History of the Kurds

A comprehensive survey of the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution of the Kurds from 1400 to the present.

Hamit Bozarslan (Edited by), Cengiz Gunes (Edited by), Veli Yadirgi (Edited by)

9781108473354, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 April 2021

964 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 5 cm, 1.64 kg

The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.

Introduction: The Kurds and the Kurdish Question in the Middle East Hamit Bozarslan, Cengiz Gunes and Veli Yadirgi
Part I. Historical Legacies: 1. The Rise and Fall of the Kurdish Emirates (15th–19th Centuries) Boris James
2. Negotiating Political Power in Early Modern Middle East: Kurdish Emirates between the Ottoman Empire and Iranian Dynasties (16th–19th Centuries) Metin Atmaca
3. The End of Kurdish Autonomy: The Destruction of the Kurdish Emirates in the Ottoman Empire Sabri Ates
4. The Kurdish Movement and the End of the Ottoman Empire, 1880–1923 Djene Rhys Bajalan
5. Religious Narrations of the Kurdish Nation during the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Kamal Soleimani
6. The Political Economy of Kurdistan: from Development to De-Development Veli Yadirgi
Part II. Regional Political Developments and the Kurds in the 20th and 21st Centuries: 7. Kurds and Kurdish Nationalism in the Interwar Period Metin Yüksel
8. From Tribal Chiefs to Marxist Activists: Kurdistan from 1946 to 1975 Béatrice Garapon and Adnan Çelik
9. Kurdish Politics Across the Middle East During the 1970s Cengiz Gunes
10. 1979–2003: Dark Times: Kurdistan in the Turmoil of the Middle East Hamit Bozarslan
11. Kurds in a New Century: Prospects and Challenges Mehmet Gurses and David Romano
Part III. Domestic Political Developments and the Kurds in the 20th and 21st Centuries: 12. Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey: 1898–2018 Mesut Ye?en
13. Why Autonomy Hasn't Been Possible for Kurds in Turkey Derya Bay?r
14. The Kurdistan Region in Iraq: 1991–2018 Gareth Stansfield
15. Street Protest and Opposition in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nicole F. Watts
16. Minority, State and Nation: Kurdish Society in Iran in the Aftermath of the Revolution Massoud Sharifi Dryaz
17. Kurdish Question in Syria: 1946–2019 Jordi Tejel
18. The Yezidis in the Soviet Union Estelle Amy de la Bretèque
Part IV. Religion and Society: 19. Religion in Kurdistan Michiel Leezenberg
20. Religion and Politics in Turkey's Kurdistan from the Beginning of the Republic Mehmet Kurt
21. 'Kurdish' Religious Minorities in the Modern World Philip G. Kreyenbroek and Khanna Omarkhali
22. The Kurdish Alevis: The Followers of the Path of Truth (Raa Haq/Riya Heqi) Erdal Gezik
23. Tribes and their Changing Role in Kurdish Politics and Society Hamit Bozarslan and Cengiz Gunes
Part V. Kurdish Language: 24. The History of Kurdish and the Development of Literary Kurmanji Ergin Öpengin
25. The History and Development of Literary Central Kurdish Jaffer Sheyholislami
26. The K?rmanjki (Zazaki) Dialect of Kurdish Language and the Issues it Faces M. Malmîsanij
Part VI. Art, Culture and Literature: 27. From the Wandering Poets to the Stateless Novelists: A Short Introduction to the Kurdish Literary History Hashem Ahmadzadeh
28. A History of Kurdish Poetry Farangis Ghaderi
29. A History of Kurdish Theatre Mari R. Rostami
30. A Cinematography of Kurdishness: Identity, Industry, and Resistance Bahar ?im?ek
31. Kurdish Art and Cultural Production: Rhetoric of the New Kurdish Subject Engin Sustam
Part VII. Transversal Dynamics: 32. A People Beyond the State: Kurdish Movements and Self-Determination in the 20th and 21st Centuries Joost Jongerden and Ahmet Hamdi Akkaya
33. Kurdish Transnational Indigeneity Ipek Demir
34. Kurdish Diaspora: A Transnational Imagined Community Barzoo Eliassi
35. The Women's Movement in Kurdistan-Iraq Choman Hardi
36. A Struggle within a Struggle: A History of the Kurdistan Women's Liberation Movement 1978–2019 Isabel Käser.

Subject Areas: 21st century history: from c 2000 - [HBLX], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]