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The Alawite State, 1920-46 : Colonial Legacies and the Foundations of Assad's Syria.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Esber, Fadi.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2026.
- Summary:
- Examines how the Alawite State established during the French Mandate for Syria (1920-1946) led to the rise and eventual collapse of the Assad regime.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The colonial crucible
- Reframing the Alawite question in Syrian history
- Periodization
- Sources
- Chapters
- Chapter 1: One thousand years of solitude: The Alawites of Syria before the French Mandate
- The Alawite mystery: Alawite faith in the eyes of outsiders
- The human geography of the Alawite Mountain
- Alawites in the final Ottoman century
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: From margins to autonomy: The birth of the Alawite State (1918-24)
- The Alawite revolt
- Syria: Conquered, divided, pacified
- The Kemalist interlude
- The federal experiment
- Chapter 3: Tribalism and sectarianism: Alawite politics under French rule, 1925-36
- Elections, councils and draft constitutions: The fragmented politics of the Alawite State
- The politics of sectarianism in the Alawite State
- The precarious politics of Jabir al-'Abbas
- Chapter 4: The hour of decision: The Alawites and the 1936 Franco-Syrian Treaty
- Protests, petitions and political mobilization: Mass politics in the Alawite State in 1936
- Controversies and consequences: The Alawite separatist and unionist petitions of 1936
- Alawite clan chiefs and the treaty: Negotiating power in post-Mandate Syria
- Chapter 5: From autonomy to forced integration: The decline of the Alawite State, 1936-46
- Damascus and the Alawite Mountain
- The Second World War in the Alawite Mountain
- The downfall of Sulayman al-Murshid
- Chapter 6: Ideology and transformation: Alawite peasants and intellectuals during the Mandate
- The Alawite agrarian movement during the French Mandate
- Alawite youth activism under French rule
- Note on Alawite militarism
- Chapter 7: The colonial legacy in Assad's Syria
- Conclusion.
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Bibliography
- Archives
- France
- Syria
- UK
- Magazines
- Unpublished sources
- Published sources
- Primary:
- Secondary:
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780755659517
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