Scarecrow Press, 1998. — 269 p. The Lebanese civil war has made the study of Lebanon a difficult endeavor. The complexity of Lebanese society is the result of a unique political system and a richly diverse populace. This volume will help those who wish to delve beyond the superficial journalistic accounts of Lebanese society and culture. Entries encompass information about...
With a New Preface. — New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. — 470 p. — (History and Society of the Modern Middle East). — ISBN 0-231-14011-8. Irene Gendzier's critically acclaimed, wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously...
Clarendon Press, 2005. — 322 p. Note on Transliteration Note on Currencies Capitalizations 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...
New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. — 368 p. — (History and Society of the Modern Middle East). — ISBN 0–231–12476–7. In this long-awaited work, Samir Khalaf analyzes the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon and reveals the inherent contradictions that have plagued that country and made it so vulnerable to both inter-Arab and superpower rivalries....
University of California Press, 2000. — 278 p. Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration religion as the site of the colonial encounter the gentle crusade knowledge and ignorance the faces of reform reinventing mount lebanon the return of the juhhal the devil’s work “a very old thing” Epilogue
BRIC, 2009. — 347 p. — ISBN 978-82-7453-073-7. Global moments are breakthrough events that change people’s lives and their futures. They are developments that typically call for significant adaptation leading to new forms of cooperation or conflict. Few places on earth can rival the Levant (Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) when it comes to both incubating global...
New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. — 312 p. — (History and Society of the Modern Middle East). — ISBN: 978-0-231-14426-1. By recasting the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr proposes a new framework for understanding Shi'ite politics in Lebanon. Her study draws on a variety of untapped sources, reconsidering not...
Routledge, 2008. — 241 p. Based on an award-winning thesis, Popular Culture and Nationalism in Lebanon is a pioneering study of musical theater and popular culture and its relation to the production of identity in Lebanon in the second half of the twentieth century. In the aftermath of the departure of the French from Lebanon and the civil violence of 1958, the Rahbani Brothers...
Pluto Press, 2007. — 306 p. — ISBN 978-0-7453-2438-8. An updated history of modern Lebanon is long overdue as the last such attempt dates from the mid-1960s. Much has happened since and a lot of new historical material has been uncovered and researched. The last civil war (1975–90) was the occasion for a wealth of intellectual production on Lebanon in a variety of fields. Some...
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