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The Kurds of Iraq
Middle East journal • 11 (1) • Published In 1957 • Pages: 52-62
By: Edmonds, C. J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The first few pages of this article provide a good survey of Kurdish territorial boundaries, population distribution, economic activities, major crops, relevant government development programs, plus various other data. The remainder of the paper traces the history of the Kurdish national movement from the 19th century to the mid-1950s. Emphasis is given to the relations between the Kurds and the Iraqi and the Turkish governments the British forces in Iraq, and various international treaties. In closing, Edmonds briefly summarizes social and political conditions of the Iraqi Kurds in the mid-1950s.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kurds
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1923, 1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- by C. J. Edmonds
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kurds