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UNINA9910502689403321 |
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Autore |
Özavcı Hilmi Ozan |
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Titolo |
Dangerous gifts : imperialism, security, and civil wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 / / Özan Ozavcı [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2021 |
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0-19-259591-1 |
0-19-188844-3 |
0-19-259590-3 |
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[First edition.] |
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1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Great powers |
Security, International - Middle East - History - 19th century |
Civil war - Middle East - History - 19th century |
Eastern question |
Middle East History 19th century |
Middle East Foreign relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Historicizing the Eastern Question -- Silence, Civil Wars, and Lives -- PART I: AVANT LE MOT -- 1: Crossing the Mediterranean -- Defining the 'Eastern Question' -- France and the Ottoman Empire -- Preparation for the Egyptian Expedition -- 2: The Circle of Justice and the Napoleonic Wars -- The Circle of Justice -- The Sultan's Bafflement -- The Wrecked Victory -- 3: The Chase in the Desert: Empires and Civil War in Egypt, 1801-1812 -- Ottoman Egypt before the Eastern Question -- Useful Allies, Dangerous Enemies -- |
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The Tripartite Civil War -- PART II: THE INVENTION OF THE EASTERN QUESTION -- 4: A New Era?: The Vienna Order and the Ottoman World -- The Eastern Question in the 1810s -- A 'Humanitarian' Intervention: Navarino 1827 -- 5: Old Enemies: Cairo, Istanbul, and the Civil War of 1832-1833 -- Hüsrev and Mehmed Ali -- 'The Civil War of Islamism' -- 6: The Russian Peace in the Levant -- The Russian Intervention: 'We Have Been Sick, You the Medicines' -- Preaching to the Winds: The Disconcert of Europe and the Diplomatic Impasse -- 7: An Unusual Quest for Revenge: Civilization, Commerce, and Reform -- Civilization -- Commerce and Security: A Capo d'Opera? -- 'We Are Still Called Barbarians!' -- 8: Return of the Ashes: The Concert of Europe and the 1840 Intervention -- The Quadruple Alliance and France -- The 1840 Intervention -- PART III: THE MOUNTAIN -- 9: Beginnings: Mount Lebanon before 1840 -- The Land of the Muqatadjis -- When the Egyptians Came -- 10: The Age of the Eastern Question -- 'The Old Days Have Passed': The Civil War of 1841 and its Aftermath -- The Racing Clouds: The Stand-Off and the Civil War of 1845. |
11: The Two Wars: Crimea and Mount Lebanon -- The Crimean War and a Perilous Peace -- Anno 1860: The Civil War in Mount Lebanon -- 12: An Untimely Return of the Eastern Question? -- Responsibility Towards Humanity: Thouvenel's Démarche -- Against Intervention: Propaganda and Diplomacy -- 13: Returning the Sense of Security: The International Commission on Syria -- Reluctant Imperialists -- Securing Hearts: Relief and Reparations -- The Scapegoats? Retributive Justice and Règlement Organique -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Archives and Frequently Cited Primary Sources -- Periodicals -- Published Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index. |
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'Dangerous Gifts' is a text about the strategic, economic, legal, and religious undertones of Great Power interventions and violence in the Levant. |
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UNINA9910790928103321 |
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Autore |
Cignatta Maria Cristina |
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Face to face/Faccia a faccia / / edited by Maria Cristina Cignatta |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Italian literature - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; LA LUPA; LA FINE DI CANDIA; "LEONORA, ADDIO!"; FIABA; UN'AMANTE; LAMADRE; NELMIGLIORMODO POSSIBILE; GLI IRREGOLARI; UNA DONNA SULLA TESTA; LA ZINGARA; MIOMARITO; UNA DONNA COMPRENSIVA |
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The short story writers featured in this brief anthology - all established figures on the Italian literary scene - have been specifically chosen as being representative of the various geographical regions in the Italian peninsula, ranging from Ginzburg, Pavese and Soldati (Piedmont), Colombi Guidotti and Guareschi (Emilia Romagna region), Tozzi (Tuscany), D'Annunzio (Abruzzi region) and Moravia (Lazio region) to Pirandello and Verga (Sicily) and Deledda (Sardinia). Twelve of these literary ma... |
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