Ottoman Refugees, 1878–1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World

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In the first half of the 20th century, throughout the Balkans and Middle East, a familiar story of destroyed communities forced to flee war or economic crisis unfolded. Often, these refugees of the Ottoman Empire - Christians, Muslims and Jews - found their way to new continents, forming an Ottoman diaspora that had a remarkable ability to reconstitute, and even expand, the ethnic, religious, and ideological diversity of their homelands. Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939 offers a unique study of a transitional period in world history experienced through these refugees living in the Middle East, the Americas, South-East Asia, East Africa and Europe. Isa Blumi explores the tensions emerging between those trying to preserve a world almost entirely destroyed by both the nation-state and global capitalism and the agents of the so-called Modern era. Dedication Contents List of Figures and Maps List of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Prelude to Disaster: Finance Capitalism and the Political Economy of Imperial Collapse 2 Resettlement Regimes and Empire: The Politics of Caring for Ottoman Refugees 3 Traveling the Contours of an Ottoman Proximate World 4 Transitional Migrants: The Global Ottoman Refugee and Colonial Terror 5 Missionaries at the Imperial Ideological Edge Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index