Syria and the French Mandate : : The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945 /

Syria and the French Mandate : : The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945 / / Philip Shukry Khoury.

Why did Syrian political life continue to be dominated by a particular urban elite even after the dramatic changes following the end of four hundred years of Ottoman rule and the imposition of French control? Philip Khoury's comprehensive work discusses this and other questions in the framework...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Khoury, Philip Shukry,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1987
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies on the Near East ; 487
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Physical Description:1 online resource (722 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. THE FRENCH IN SYRIA
  • One. Prelude to Mandate
  • Two. Discordant Rule
  • Three. Implementation
  • PART II. INITIAL CONFRONTATIONS, 1920-1924
  • Four. Patterns of Early Resistance
  • Five. Tinkering with the Political System
  • PART III. THE GREAT REVOLT, 1925-1927
  • Six. Origins The Druze Connection
  • Seven. From Local to National Revolt
  • Eight. Class and Nationalism
  • Nine. Factionalism during the Early Mandate
  • PART IV. THE NATIONAL BLOC AND URBAN LEADERSHIP
  • Ten. Alliance of Equals
  • Eleven. Patrons, Clients, and Quarters
  • PART V. HONORABLE COOPERATION, 1928-1933
  • Twelve. Constitutional Experiments
  • Thirteen. The Rocky Road to Parliament
  • Fourteen. Failure of Diplomacy
  • PART VI. NEW APPROACHES, 1933-1936
  • Fifteen. Radicalization
  • Sixteen. Crises before the Storm
  • Seventeen. Ascent to Power
  • PART VII. NATIONALISTS IN GOVERNMENT, 1937-1939
  • Eighteen. TheTreatyThatNeverWas
  • Nineteen. The Loss of the Sanjak
  • Twenty. Druzes, Alawites, and Other Challengers
  • Twenty-One. Rebellion in Palestine
  • Twenty-Two. Factionalism during the Later Mandate
  • PART VIII. WAR AND INDEPENDENCE, 1939-1945
  • Twenty-Three. Playing One against the Other
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Sources for Tables 10-1,10-2,10-3,15-1,15-2,15-3
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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