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The Armenians of Aintab : the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province
- Title
- The Armenians of Aintab : the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province / Ümit Kurt.
- Author
- Kurt, Ümit
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Ümit Kurt explores causes and effects of the Armenian genocide in his hometown of Gaziantep, Turkey. He finds that local gentry and ordinary Turks were heavily motivated by the prospect of financial gain as Armenians were dispossessed. Newly enriched Turks then financed the young republic, elevating themselves to the status of a political elite"--
- Subject
- 1894-1896
- Armenians > Turkey > Gaziantep > History
- Armenian massacres, 1894-1896
- Abandonment of property > Turkey > Gaziantep
- Deportation > Turkey > Gaziantep > Citizen participation
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- Abandonment of property
- Armenians
- Economic history
- Politics and government
- Gaziantep (Turkey) > Economic conditions
- Gaziantep (Turkey) > Politics and government
- Turkey > Gaziantep
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The 1895 massacres in Aintab -- Ethnic politics after the Young Turk Revolution -- Wartime deportation and destruction of the Aintab Armenians -- Confiscation and plunder under the Abandoned Property Laws -- The flawed restitution process for Armenians -- The end of the Armenian community in Aintab.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2602
- ISBN
- 9780674247949
- 0674247949
- LCCN
- 2020044139
- OCLC
- 1198017681
- Author
- Kurt, Ümit, author.
- Title
- The Armenians of Aintab : the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province / Ümit Kurt.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1894-1896
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2602