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Inventing Lebanon : nationalism and the state under the Mandate / Kais M. Firro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Firro, Kais.
- Series:
- Library of Middle East history ; v. 6.
- Library of Middle East history ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Lebanon.
- Nationalism.
- Lebanon.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I. B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States of America distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1860648576
- OCLC:
- 50404133
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