CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TRANSLITERATION -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- Greater Syria and Ottoman Rule -- Ottoman Reform -- The Great Syrian Revolt -- Contrasting Narratives -- Theorizing Insurgent and National Consciousness -- Sources -- CHAPTER 2: The Hawrân Frontier -- Settling the Frontier -- Rural Autonomy and Commercial Integration -- Assimilating the Countryside: Education and the Army -- The Arab Revolt and the Hawrân Druze -- CHAPTER 3: Mobilizing the Mountain -- Claiming the Mandate -- Governing Jabal Hawrân -- Organizing for Resistance -- CHAPTER 4: Mobilizing the City -- Damascus -- The People's Party -- Making Contact with the Countryside -- Hawrân Peace Negotiations -- CHAPTER 5: The Spread of Rebellion -- Urban Agitation -- Rebellion in Hamâh -- Rebellion in Damascus -- CHAPTER 6: The Politics of Rebellion -- Insurgents in the Countryside of Damascus -- Elite Politics and Mandate Counterinsurgency -- Military Suppression and Mandate Counterinsurgency -- Debating Rebellion -- CHAPTER 7: Epilogue and Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- NOTES -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. the Hawrân Frontier -- Chapter 3. Mobilizing the Mountain -- Chapter 4. Mobilizing the City -- Chapter 5. The Spread of Rebellion -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Rebellion -- Chapter 7. Epilogue and Conclusions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.