Inventing Lebanon : Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate PDF
by Kais M. Firro
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This study 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.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:320 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/10/2002
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- ISBN:9780857713629
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:320 pages, 1 map
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/10/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780857713629