Confiscation and destruction the Young Turk seizure of Armenian property / Uğur Ümit Üngör and Mehmet Polatel.
| Author/creator | Üngör, Uğur Ümit, 1980- |
| Other author | Polatel, Mehmet. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Continuum, 2011. |
| Description | xii, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction and problematization -- Ideological foundations: constructing the Turkish 'national economy' -- Legal foundations: using the justice system for injustice -- The dispossession of Ottoman Armenians -- Adana: the cotton belt -- Diyarbekir: the land of copper and silk -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | This is the first major study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offers insight into the economic ramifications of the genocidal process, and describes how the plunder was organized on the ground. The interrelated nature of property confiscation initiated by the Young Turk regime and its cooperating local elites offers new insights into the functions and beneficiaries of state-sanctioned robbery. Drawing on secret files and unexamined records, the authors. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011501142 |
| ISBN | 9781441135780 |
| ISBN | 1441135782 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |