Author: George HortonPublisher:
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Category : Christians
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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The Blight of Asia
Author: George HortonPublisher:
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Category : Christians
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Smyrna's Ashes
Author: Michelle TusanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520289560
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
“Set against one of the most horrible atrocities of the early twentieth century, the ethnic cleansing of Western Anatolia and the burning of the city of Izmir, Smyrna’s Ashes is an important contribution to our understanding of how humanitarian thinking shaped British foreign and military policy in the Late Ottoman Eastern Mediterranean. Based on rigorous archival research and scholarship, well written, and compelling, it is a welcome addition to the growing literature on humanitarianism and the history of human rights.”—Keith David Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis “Traces an important but neglected strand in the history of British humanitarianism, showing how its efforts to aid Ottoman Christians were inextricably enmeshed in imperial and cultural agendas and helped to contribute to the creation of the modern Middle East.”—Dane Kennedy, The George Washington University “Tusan shows vividly and compassionately how Britain’s attempt to build a ‘Near East’ in its own image upon the ruins of the Ottoman Empire served as prelude to today’s Middle East of nation-states.”—Peter Mandler, University of Cambridge “An original and meticulously researched contribution to our understandings of British imperial, gender, and cultural history. Smyrna’s Ashes demonstrates the long-standing influence of Middle Eastern issues on British self-identification. Tusan’s conclusions will engage scholars in a variety of fields for years to come.”—Nancy L. Stockdale, University of North Texas
East and West Through Fifteen Centuries
Author: George Frederick YoungPublisher:
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Category : Middle Ages
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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The Near East
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Eastern question (Balkan)
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Observations in the East
Author: John Price DurbinPublisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The New Near East
Author: Politics and the Academy
Author: Richard CloggPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135175985
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Part of the Politics and the Academy series, this volume looks at Arnold Toynbee and the establishment of the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College, London, with an appendix of Toynbee's letter to The Times newspaper in January 1924.
Genocide in the Ottoman Empire
Author: George N. ShirinianPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785334336
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
The final years of the Ottoman Empire were catastrophic ones for its non-Turkish, non-Muslim minorities. From 1913 to 1923, its rulers deported, killed, or otherwise persecuted staggering numbers of citizens in an attempt to preserve “Turkey for the Turks,” setting a modern precedent for how a regime can commit genocide in pursuit of political ends while largely escaping accountability. While this brutal history is most widely known in the case of the Armenian genocide, few appreciate the extent to which the Empire’s Assyrian and Greek subjects suffered and died under similar policies. This comprehensive volume is the first to broadly examine the genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in comparative fashion, analyzing the similarities and differences among them and giving crucial context to present-day calls for recognition.
Sowing the Word
Author: Stephen K. BataldenPublisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
ISBN: 9781905048083
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath (1908-1923)
Author: Taner AkçamPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000833615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
During the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire, the ethnic tensions between the minority populations within the empire led to the administration carrying out a systematic destruction of the Armenian people. This not only brought 2,000 years of Armenian civilisation within Anatolia to an end but was accompanied by the mass murder of Syriac and Greek Orthodox Christians. Containing a selection of papers presented at The Genocide of the Christian Populations of the Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath (1908–1923) international conference, hosted by the Chair for Pontic Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, this book draws on unpublished archival material and an innovative historiographical approach to analyze events and their legacy in comparative perspective. In order to understand the historical context of the Ottoman Genocide, it is important to study, apart from the Armenian case, the fate of the Greek and Assyrian peoples, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the situation. This volume is primarily a research contribution but should also be valued as a supplementary text that would provide secondary reading for undergraduates and postgraduate students.