The Origins Of Syrian Nationhood

Author : Adel Beshara
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136724503

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The Origins of Syrian Nationhood by Adel Beshara Pdf

The ‘Syria idea’ emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents. Looking at nationalist movements, ideas and individuals, this book traces the origin and development of the idea of Syrian nationhood from the perspective of some of its leading pioneers. Providing a highly original comparative insight into the struggle for independence and sovereignty in post-1850 Syria, it addresses some of the most persistent questions about the development of this nationalism. Chapters by eminent scholars from within and outside of the region offer a comprehensive study of individual Syrian writers and activists caught in a whirlwind of uncertainty, competing ideologies, foreign interference, and political suppression. A valuable addition to the present scholarship on nationalism in the Middle East, this book will be of interest to many professionals as well as to scholars of history, Middle East studies and political science.

Author : Daniel Pipes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195363043

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Greater Syria by Daniel Pipes Pdf

While for many years scholars and journalists have focused on the more obvious manifestations of political life in the Middle East, one major theme has been consistently neglected. This is Pan-Syrian nationalism--the dream of creating a Greater Syria out of an area now governed by Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Turkey. Though not nearly as well known as Arab or Palestinian nationalism and hardly studied in depth, Pan-Syrianism has had a profound effect on Middle Eastern politics since the end of World War I. In Greater Syria, the noted Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes provides the first comprehensive account of this intriguing, important, and little understood ideology.

Author : Philip Shukry Khoury
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400858392

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Syria and the French Mandate by Philip Shukry Khoury Pdf

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 of two related conflicts--one between France and the Syrian nationalists, and the other between liberal and radical nationalism. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Carl C. Yonker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110729092

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The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria by Carl C. Yonker Pdf

The Syrian Social Nationalist Party devoted itself to reviving and unifying the Syrian nation and establishing this nation’s complete independence over its historical homeland, Greater Syria. It continues its struggle today, influencing and shaping Lebanese and Syrian society and politics. Yet, the party remains largely unknown and misunderstood, a condition that stems from the lack of any comprehensive study of it. This book fills this gap. Syrian nationalism and nationalist movements, generally speaking, have been largely neglected and ignored by historians, scholars, and observers of the Middle East. So, too, has the SSNP. The lack of detailed and nuanced analyses has left significant gaps in the party’s rich history unaddressed and enabled the perpetuation of inaccuracies and misperceptions regarding its past. Given this and the party’s ongoing relevance in Lebanon and Syria, a thorough examination of the early history of the SSNP, the political organization and movement that embodied Syrian nationalism’s most explicit, most cogent expression is even more necessary. Based on an extensive and thorough examination of Arabic, French, and English primary sources, the monograph is the first comprehensive, systematic history of the SSNP to date, detailing its struggle to fulfill its nationalist vision and establish a secular, independent state in Greater Syria through a thorough analysis of its formation, evolution, and political activities in Lebanon and Syria.

Author : Michael Provence
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292774322

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The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism by Michael Provence Pdf

A historical study of the 1925 revolt against French rule in Syria, and how it established a new popular nationalism that helped shape the Middle East. The Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 was the first mass movement against colonial rule in the Middle East. Mobilizing peasants, workers, and army veterans, it was also the region’s largest and longest-lasting anti-colonial insurgency during the inter-war period. Though the revolt failed to liberate Syria from French occupation, it provided a model of popular nationalism and resistance that remains potent in the Middle East today. Each subsequent Arab uprising against foreign rule has repeated the language and tactics of the Great Syrian Revolt. In this work, Michael Provence uses newly released secret colonial intelligence sources, neglected memoirs, and popular memory to tell the story of the revolt from the perspective of its participants. He shows how Ottoman-subsidized military education created a generation of leaders who rebelled against both the French Mandate rulers of Syria and the Syrian elite who helped the colonial regime. This new popular nationalism was unprecedented in the Arab world. Provence shows compellingly that the Great Syrian Revolt was a formative event in shaping the modern Middle East.

Author : Jordi Tejel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134096435

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Syria's Kurds by Jordi Tejel Pdf

Jordi Tejel presents – combining different disciplines such as history, sociology and anthropology – a new understanding of the dynamics leading to the consolidation of a Kurdish minority awareness in contemporary Syria. The book explores in particular how conditions for a change in ethnic strategy, from one of 'dissimulation' to one of 'visibility', have emerged amongst Syria's Kurds.

Author : Fruma Zachs
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047406679

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The Making of a Syrian Identity by Fruma Zachs Pdf

The book takes a close look at the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries. It examines its background, stages of evolution, and components.

Author : Philip S. Khoury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608090999

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Syria and the French Mandate by Philip S. Khoury Pdf

Author : Hani J. Bawardi
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1477307524

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The Making of Arab Americans by Hani J. Bawardi Pdf

While conventional wisdom points to the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 as the gateway for the founding of the first Arab American national political organization, such advocacy in fact began with the Syrian nationalist movement, which emerged from immigration trends at the turn of the last century. Bringing this long-neglected history to life, The Making of Arab Americans overturns the notion of an Arab population that was too diverse to share common goals. Tracing the forgotten histories of the Free Syria Society, the New Syria Party, the Arab National League, and the Institute of Arab American Affairs, the book restores a timely aspect of our understanding of an area (then called Syria) that comprises modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. Hani Bawardi examines the numerous Arab American political advocacy organizations that thrived before World War I, showing how they influenced Syrian and Arab nationalism. He further offers an in-depth analysis exploring how World War II helped introduce a new Arab American identity as priorities shifted and the quest for assimilation intensified. In addition, the book enriches our understanding of the years leading to the Cold War by tracing both the Arab National League’s transition to the Institute of Arab American Affairs and new campaigns to enhance mutual understanding between the United States and the Middle East. Illustrated with a wealth of previously unpublished photographs and manuscripts, The Making of Arab Americans provides crucial insight for contemporary dialogues.

Author : Muhannad Salhi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015082702104

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Palestine in the Evolution of Syrian Nationalism (1918-1920) by Muhannad Salhi Pdf

One of the most enduring political dilemmas in modern history, the Palestine question has had a tremendous effect on the evolution and development of all nation-states in the Middle East. Directly bound to both the once paramount ideology of Arab nationalism and incorporated into the doctrines of politicized Islamic groups, the loss of Palestine and its consequences have been bemoaned by both secular nationalists and religious "fundamentalists" alike as one of the greatest "catastrophes" Arabs and Muslims have had to face in the modern age. The magnitude of the Palestinian predicament and its complexity have almost necessarily dictated its tremendous impact on the entire Middle East, thus becoming the ostensible source of most problems in the region and the focus of most political pursuits to this day. Palestine in the Evolution of Syrian Nationalism analyzes the place of Palestine in the development of Syrian nationalism from the inception of Syria as a modern nation-state following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. The author does not approach this issue solely in terms of analyzing any direct relationship between Syria and the Zionists, but rather as a means of understanding the centrality of this issue to the development of Syrian nationalism. Instead of emphasizing the Palestine question as an external problem with which the Syrian nation-state had to contend as an Arab and Muslim country, this study attempts to discover to what extent Palestine was genuinely understood to be inherently an internal Syrian issue. The book concludes that Palestine was viewed as an integral part of the Syrian nation and demonstrates the extent to which the issue of Palestine/Southern Syria was entrenched and intertwined in the Syrian understandings of nationhood and national identity. Thus, this study fills a critical gap by providing focus on a topic that is necessary to any future study of modern Syrian political history.

Author : Labib Zuwiyya Yamak
Publisher : Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120763805

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The Syrian Social Nationalist Party by Labib Zuwiyya Yamak Pdf

Study of the syrian social nationalist party (s.s.n.p.) as a national political party of the Lebanon - covers historical aspects of the making of modern Lebanon (1840-1943), the social structure of the country, the role of religion and the role of the s.s.n.p., and includes chapters on nationalist ideology, political leadership, administrative aspects, etc., of the party. Bibliography pp. 149 to 159 and references.

Author : Bonnie F. Saunders
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015031853438

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The United States and Arab Nationalism by Bonnie F. Saunders Pdf

This book explores three themes. The Eisenhower Administration's overriding Cold War goal in the oil-rich Middle East was minimizing Soviet influence. Second, Soviet support for Arab opposition to British colonialism and Israeli Zionism prompted Arab nationalists to embrace neutralism in the Cold War. Third, Eisenhower and Dulles perceived neutral Arab nationalism as virtually tantamount to pro-communism. Syria, the most xenophobic Arab state, was deemed most susceptible to Soviet enticements. This book concludes that U.S. policies in Syria went awry, provoking Syria to collaborate even more closely with the Soviet Union.

Author : David D. Grafton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004307100

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The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible by David D. Grafton Pdf

The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible examines the history of a translation begun by American missionaries within the changing social context of late Ottoman Syria, and utilized an international network of scholars working on textual manuscripts of the Bible.

Author : Youssef Chaitani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6000009933

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Post-colonial Syria and Lebanon by Youssef Chaitani Pdf

Author : Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.,Ibrahim Al-Marashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429850455

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A Concise History of the Middle East by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.,Ibrahim Al-Marashi Pdf

A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this turbulent region. Spanning from pre-Islam to the present day, it explores the evolution of Islamic institutions and culture, the influence of the West, modernization efforts in the Middle East, the struggle of various peoples for political independence, the Arab–Israel conflict, the reassertion of Islamic values and power, the issues surrounding the Palestinian Question, and the Middle East post-9/11 and post-Arab uprisings. The twelfth edition has been fully revised to reflect the most recent events in, and concerns of, the region, including the presence of ISIS and other non-state actors, the civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and the refugee crisis. New parts and part timelines will help students grasp and contextualize the long and complicated history of the region. With updated biographical sketches and glossary, and a new concluding chapter, this book remains the quintessential text for students of Middle East history.