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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 Ot

What role does military force play during a colonial occupation? The answer seems obvious: coercion crushes local resistance, quashes political dissent and cons

French rule over Syria and Lebanon was premised on a vision of a special French protectorate established through centuries of cultural activity: archaeological,

This book uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minoritie

The increasingly vibrant political culture emerging in Lebanon and Syria in the 1930s and early 1940s is key to the understanding of local approaches towards th