Inventing Lebanon : Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate.
Title:
Inventing Lebanon : Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate.
Author:
Firro, Kais M.
ISBN:
9780857713629
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Series:
Library of Middle East History
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- Part One. In Search of a Nation -- Chapter One. The Present in the Past: From "Mt. Lebanon" to "Greater Lebanon" -- Chapter Two. The Past in the Present: Confessionalism vs Nationalism -- Part Two. In the Shadow of the Cedar -- Chapter Three. Between Town and Countryside -- Chapter Four. Did the System Create Zu'ama, or Vice-versa? -- Chapter Five. Maronites and Sunnis Seek Common Ground -- Chapter Six. The Entrenchment of the "Lebanese System": Sunnis and Shi'is after 1936 -- Chapter Seven. Toward Independence -- Conclusion. 1943 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Inventing Lebanon examines the history behind an idea: a new polity of 'Greater Lebanon'. It shows how, under the powerful influence of the French Mandate, various groups of the local elite attempted to create what amounted to a new Lebanese nationalism, carving the state into Maronite Christian, Sunni and Shiite power bases. The results only accentuated the divisions already inherent in this multi-ethnic and multi-faith society, and were to pave the way for the instability and wars that have plagued the country ever since.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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