The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives/Les mandats français et anglais dans une perspective comparative / / Nadine Méouchy, Peter Sluglett.

• Superior document: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 93
• VerfasserIn: Méouchy, Nadine,; Sluglett, Peter,
• TeilnehmendeR: Sluglett, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (769 p.)
• Notes: Papers presented at a conference held in Aix-en-Provence, June 2001.

This collection represents the first large scale attempt to discuss the Middle Eastern mandates as a totality. It compares the application and effects of this very specific form of late colonialism from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, architecture, archival conservation, economics, history, law and sociology. It contains analyses at both micro and macro levels, including specific instances of revolt or collaboration, studies of particular individuals, of professional groups and their contributions to "nation-building," comparisons between the various political and cultural policies of the mandatory powers, and the formation and practice of "le savoir colonial" by contemporary ethnographers, officials, physicians and teachers. The volume will be of interest to historians of imperialism and of the twentieth century Middle East.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS/SOMMAIRE; Acknowledgements; Remerciements; Notes on contributors/Liste des auteurs; General introduction; Introduction générale; PART ONE/PREMIÈRE PARTIE SOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE MANDATES/OUTILS DOCUMENTAIRES SUR LES MANDATS; PART TWO/DEUXIÈME PARTIE THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE MANDATES: POLITICAL PRAXIS AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES/L'ESPRIT ET LA LETTRE DES MANDATS: PRATIQUES POLITIQUES ET PERSPECTIVES CULTURELLES

PART THREE/TROISIEME PARTIE THE STATE AND THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ELITES: NETWORKS, DYNAMICS AND NATION BUILDING/L'ÉTAT ET LES ÉLITES POLITIQUES, ÉCONOMIQUES ET TECHNIQUES: RÉSEAUX, DYNAPART FOUR/QUATRIÈME PARTIE RURAL AND URBAN MOBILISATION: RESISTANCE AND COOPERATION/LES MOBILISATIONS URBAINES ET RURALES: RÉSISTANCE ET COOPÉRATION; CONCLUDING REMARKS/SYNTHÈSES DE CONCLUSION; General Bibliography; Index of Personal, Family and Tribal Names