The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon : Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943 / by T. Chalabi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chalabi, Tamara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Politics and government.

Middle East.

Political science.

International relations.

Middle East--History.

Middle Eastern Politics.

Political Science.

International Relations.

History of the Middle East.

Local Subjects:

Middle Eastern Politics.

Political Science.

International Relations.

History of the Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tamara Chalabi highlights the development of a 'politics of demand' and the increased political activism of this community in a time of great change. It also explores how Arab nationalism was transformed from an ideology of opposition and empowerment of marginal communities, into a tool for the assertion of political domination.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I WITH THE NEW LEBANON: POLITICAL EVOLUTION""; ""1 In the Beirut Vilayet: A Description of Jabal 'Amil""; ""Geography: The Physical Description of the Mountain""; ""Society: Peasants, Ulama, Zu'ama, and Wujaha'""; ""Economy: Relations with Mount Lebanon""; ""Political Leadership: The Bey and Parliamentary Representation""; ""2 Jabal 'Amil and the Arab Awakening: Political Culture and Education Prior to the Mandate""; ""Men of Culture""; ""The Status of Learning""; ""The Impact of the Great War""

""The Famine""""Conscription""; ""The 'Aley Trials""; ""A Snapshot of 'Amili Culture: Sulayman Dahir's Journal""; ""3 Turmoil and New Order: Jabal 'Amil in 1920""; ""Faysal and the Arab Revolt""; ""Contest for Allegiance: Internal and External Players""; ""Struggle for Supremacy and Divided Loyalties""; ""The Wadi Hujayr Conference and Its Repercussions""; ""PART II IN THE NEW LEBANON: SOCIOCULTURAL TRANSFORMATION""; ""4 Jabal 'Amil Redefined: In the Nation State of Lebanon""; ""From Jabal 'Amil to South Lebanon""; ""Defining the Lebanese State""

""Petit Liban/Grand Liban and the Ideological Disinheritance of Jabal 'Amil""""Ideological Disinheritance""; ""5 Out of the Margins: Political and Religious Integration""; ""Matlabiyya: A Politics of Demand""; ""Matlabiyya as Participation""; ""6 Venues for Integration: Religion and Education""; ""The Strengthening of the Shi'i Religious Personality""; ""Integration through Education""; ""7 History and Culture: Constructing a Lebanese Identity""; ""Toward a Historical Equality""; ""The Maronite Model: Application of the Nationalist History in the Lebanese Context""

""The Shi'i Adaptation to the Model""""'Amili Alter Ego: Al-'Irfan and the Press""; ""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-219) and index.

ISBN:

9786611369576

9781281369574

1281369578

9781403982940

1403982945

OCLC:

299750852