Hanssen Jens. Fin de Siècle Beirut: The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital

Clarendon Press, 2005. — 322 p.Note on Transliteration
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The Struggle for Self-determination
A Nation of Provincials
Capitalist Urbanization and Subaltern Resistance
Mediations
War, Health, and the Making of Municipal Beirut
The Intermediary Bourgeoisie and Municipal Politics
Provincial Classrooms: Intellectuals, Missionaries, and the State Urban Words — Urban Worlds
Public Morality and Social Marginality
Urban Narratives of Modernity
Provincial Architecture and Imperial Commemoration