TY - BOOK AU - O'Shea,Maria T. TI - Trapped between the map and reality: geography and perceptions of Kurdistan T2 - Middle East studies SN - 0415947669 (alk. paper) AV - 439 DS 59 O999t 2004 U1 - 956.6/7 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Kurds KW - Ethnic identity KW - Nationalism KW - Middle East KW - Kurdos KW - Historia KW - Nacionalismo KW - Medio Oriente KW - Kurdistan KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - Kurdistán KW - Medio oriente KW - Política y gobierno N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index; Perceptions of centrality from the margins -- The social context of political fragmentation -- Defining a Kurdish identity -- Kurdistan's resources, real and imagined -- Tying down the territory : conceptions and misconceptions of early Kurdish history -- From province to principality to pawn : Kurdistan as a buffer zone -- The First World War -- The image from outside : strategic concerns -- The Colonial division of Kurdistan -- Kurdish constructions of Kurdistan -- Between the map and the reality UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003017039.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2003017039-d.html ER -