Thousands of Kurdish politician-activists have been prosecuted and imprisoned, and hundreds have been murdered for espousing Kurdish political and cultural rights over the past twenty years, The risk
Kasaba (International Studies, University of Washington) examines the history of the Ottoman Empire by focusing on the migrant groups that lived within its bounds and on the changing relationship of t
Marashi (history, California State U-Sacramento) describes the gradual transformation of Iran into a modern state, emphasizing not the accouterments such as a bureaucracy and military, but the social,
Thousands of Kurdish politician-activists have been prosecuted and imprisoned, and hundreds have been murdered for espousing Kurdish political and cultural rights over the past twenty years. The risks
In Nationalizing Iran, Afshin Marashi explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran into a social abstraction in which notions of state, society, and culture converged. He follow
