William Harris

Lebanon

A History, 600 - 2011

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the affairs of Mount Lebanon and its surrounds through fourteen centuries, beginning with the emergence of its Christian, Muslim and Islamic-derived communities between the sixth and eleventh centuries. Against this backdrop, it interprets the modern republic of Lebanon from Ottoman antecedents to present day crises.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 679g
• ISBN-13: 9780190217839
• ISBN-10: 0190217839
• Artikelnr.: 47863624

Autorenporträt

William Harris is Professor of Politics at the University of Otago. He has taught at Princeton University, Haigazian University College in Beirut, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and the University of Exeter. He is the author of The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic and Faces of Lebanon: Sects, Wars, and Global Extensions.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Glossary
Timeline for Lebanon and its Communities
Introduction
Part One Foundations
1. Emerging Communities, 600-1291
2. Druze Ascent, 1291-1633
3. Mountain Lords, 1633-1842
Part Two Modern Lebanon
4. Emerging Lebanon, 1842-1942
5. Independent Lebanon, 1943-1975
6. Broken Lebanon, 1975-2011
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index