Inventing Lebanon

Informationen zum Autor Kais M. Firro is Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of A History of Druzes and The Druzes in the Jewish State. Klappentext 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. Vorwort 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Kais Firro, Kais M. Firro
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2002
• EAN: 9781860648571
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-857-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Library of Middle East History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book