Smyrna's Ashes Humanitarianism, Genocide, and the Birth of the Middle East |
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| Author:
| Tusan, Michelle |
| Series title: | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-28956-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Today the West tends to understand the Middle East primarily in terms of geopolitics: Islam, oil, and nuclear weapons. But in the nineteenth century it was imagined differently. The interplay of geography and politics found definition in a broader set of concerns that understood the region in terms of the moral, humanitarian, and religious commitments of the British empire.
Smyrna_s Ashes reevaluates how this story of the _Eastern Question_ shaped the cultural politics of...
More DescriptionToday the West tends to understand the Middle East primarily in terms of geopolitics: Islam, oil, and nuclear weapons. But in the nineteenth century it was imagined differently. The interplay of geography and politics found definition in a broader set of concerns that understood the region in terms of the moral, humanitarian, and religious commitments of the British empire. Smyrna_s Ashes reevaluates how this story of the _Eastern Question_ shaped the cultural politics of geography, war, and genocide in the mapping of a larger Middle East after World War I.