States of separation : transfer, partition, and the making of the modern Middle East / Laura Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

League of Nations.

Forced migration--Middle East.

Forced migration.

History.

Population policy.

Middle East--Population policy.

Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Middle East--History--20th century.

Iraq--History--20th century.

Iraq.

Syria--History--20th century.

Syria.

Palestine--History--20th century.

Palestine.

Middle East--Palestine.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

"In the interwar Eastern Mediterranean, European colonial modes of establishing land claims and controlling populations converged with a recent Ottoman past featuring desperate and violent efforts at nationalization and an increasingly empowered Zionist settler colonialism. States of Separation explores how this confluence produced a series of internationally supported plans to move "minority" communities in, around, and out of the newly constituted states of Iraq, Syria, and Palestine under the aegis of the League of Nations - a massive demographic experiment that carried lasting political and social consequences for the twentieth century Middle East and the international order."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Origins

The refugee regime

The transfer solution

The partition solution

Diasporas and homelands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520292154

0520292154

9780520292161

0520292162

OCLC:

959373195