Arbella Bet-Shlimon

City of Black Gold: Oil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk - xviii, 275 p., ill., maps; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-260) and index.

The forging of Iraq -- The British mandate -- Oil and urban growth -- The ideology of urban development -- The intercommunal fight -- Nationalization and Arabization.

9781503609136


Ethnicity--Political aspects--History--Iraq--Kirkuk--20th century
Petroleum industry and trade--History--Iraq--Kirkuk--20th century
Ethnic conflict--History--Iraq--Kirkuk--20th century


Kirkuk--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--History--20th century
Kirkuk--Politics and government--20th century