The Ottoman East what Western Armenia, Northern Kurdistan or Eastern Anatolia compared to other peripheries of the Ottoman Empire, has receivattention in Ottoman historiography. So-called taboo subjecfate of Ottoman Armenians and the Kurdish Question during the latter years of the Ottoman Empire have contributed of analysis. By integrating the Armenian and Kurdish elements into the study of the Ottoman Empire, this book seeks to emphasise the interaction of different ethno-religious groups. As an area where Ottoman centralization faced unsurpassable challenges, the Ottoman ideal opportunity to examine an alternative social and political model for imperial governance and the means by which provincial rule interacted with the Ottoman centre. Discussing vital issues across this geographical area, such as trade routes, regional economic trends, migration patterns and the molding of local and national identities, tha unique and fresh approach to the history and politics of modernization and empire in the wider region."
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