Ottoman Refugees 1878-1939

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.