| Description |
1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Forced migration and refuge in late Ottoman Syria -- 2. The Circassians, Chechnyans, and other Caucasian forced migrants reimagining a homeland -- 3. The Armenians and other Christians seek refuge in greater Syria -- 4. The Kurds seeking freedom of ethnic identitiy expression -- 5. Palestinians return to their 'motherland' -- 6. The making of a cosmopolitan quarter: Sha'laan in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- 7. Iraqis and second-wave Assyrians as temporary guests -- 8. The unmaking of a state as Syrians flee |
| Summary |
A leading expert offers the definitive account of Syria's long history of welcoming, and now exporting, refugees |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Refugees -- Syria -- History
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Immigrants -- Syria -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Immigrants
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Refugees
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Syria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190911348 |
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0190911344 |
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9781849048767 |
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1849048762 |
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