Introduction: Kurdish Identity and Social Formation *The Kurds in the Age of Tribe and Empire* Kurdistan before the 19th Century * Ottoman Kurdistan, 1800-1850 * Ottoman Kurdistan, 1850-1914 * The Qajars and the Kurds * Revolution, Nationalism and War, 1908-1918 *Incorporating the Kurds* Redrawing the Map * The Kurds, Britain and Iraq * Incorporating Turkey's Kurds * The Kurds under Reza Shah *Ethno-Nationalism in Iran* Tribe or Ethnicity? * Iran * Subjects of the Shi'I Republic *Ethno-Nationalism in Iraq* The Birth of a Nationalist Movement under Hashimite Rule * The Kurds in Revolutionary Iraq * The Kurds under the Baath, 1968-75 * The Road to Genocide, 1975-88 * Uprising and Self-Rule *Ethno-Nationalism in Turkey* The Kurdish National Revival in Turkey, 1946-79 * The PKK and the Mass Movement Introduction: Kurdish Identity and Social Formation *The Kurds in the Age of Tribe and Empire* Kurdistan before the 19th Century * Ottoman Kurdistan, 1800-1850 * Ottoman Kurdistan, 1850-1914 * The Qajars and the Kurds * Revolution, Nationalism and War, 1908-1918 *Incorporating the Kurds* Redrawing the Map * The Kurds, Britain and Iraq * Incorporating Turkey's Kurds * The Kurds under Reza Shah *Ethno-Nationalism in Iran* Tribe or Ethnicity? * Iran * Subjects of the Shi'I Republic *Ethno-Nationalism in Iraq* The Birth of a Nationalist Movement under Hashimite Rule * The Kurds in Revolutionary Iraq * The Kurds under the Baath, 1968-75 * The Road to Genocide, 1975-88 * Uprising and Self-Rule *Ethno-Nationalism in Turkey* The Kurdish National Revival in Turkey, 1946-79 * The PKK and the Mass Movement.