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- catalog abstract ""Acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Iran in Neither East Nor West, now tells the Kurds' story, using personal observations and in-depth research to illuminate the astonishing history and vibrant culture of a people without a state to call their own." "From a Kurdish wedding in Iran, to the destroyed Kurdish countryside in southeast Turkey, to the sites of Saddam Hussein's horrific chemical attacks in Iraq, Bird offers welcome insight into a violently stunning world seen by few Westerners-and understood by fewer. Combining mesmerizing travelogue, action-packed history, expert reportage, and incisive cultural study, this critical book offers timely insight into an unknown but increasingly influential part of the world. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13233475.
- catalog coverage "Kurdistān (Iraq) Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Kurdistān (Iraq) Politics and government.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Iran in Neither East Nor West, now tells the Kurds' story, using personal observations and in-depth research to illuminate the astonishing history and vibrant culture of a people without a state to call their own." "From a Kurdish wedding in Iran, to the destroyed Kurdish countryside in southeast Turkey, to the sites of Saddam Hussein's horrific chemical attacks in Iraq, Bird offers welcome insight into a violently stunning world seen by few Westerners-and understood by fewer. Combining mesmerizing travelogue, action-packed history, expert reportage, and incisive cultural study, this critical book offers timely insight into an unknown but increasingly influential part of the world. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Through the back door -- Arrival -- The little engine that could -- After al-Anfal -- Disturbances -- Balancing acts -- Questions of honor -- The cult of angels -- From kings to parliamentarians -- Invitations -- Along the Hamilton Road, with side trips -- In the land of the Babans -- Judgment day -- Safe havens -- Syrian interlude -- Of politics and poetry -- Land of lions -- "Happy is he who calls himself a Turk" -- Alone after dark -- Not for money -- Kurds among nations.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 405 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Thousand sighs, a thousand revolts.".
- catalog identifier "0345468929".
- catalog identifier "0345469399 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thousand sighs, a thousand revolts.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Ballantine Books,".
- catalog relation "Thousand sighs, a thousand revolts.".
- catalog spatial "Iraq".
- catalog spatial "Kurdistān (Iraq) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Kurdistān (Iraq) Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "956.7/2 22".
- catalog subject "Bird, Christiane Travel Iraq Kurdistan.".
- catalog subject "DS70.65 .B57 2004".
- catalog subject "Kurds Iraq Social life and customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Through the back door -- Arrival -- The little engine that could -- After al-Anfal -- Disturbances -- Balancing acts -- Questions of honor -- The cult of angels -- From kings to parliamentarians -- Invitations -- Along the Hamilton Road, with side trips -- In the land of the Babans -- Judgment day -- Safe havens -- Syrian interlude -- Of politics and poetry -- Land of lions -- "Happy is he who calls himself a Turk" -- Alone after dark -- Not for money -- Kurds among nations.".
- catalog title "A thousand sighs, a thousand revolts : journeys in Kurdistan / Christiane Bird.".
- catalog type "text".