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UNINA9910810974703321 |
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Autore |
White Benjamin Thomas |
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Titolo |
The emergence of minorities in the Middle East : the politics of community in French mandate Syria / / Benjamin Thomas White |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-5328-7 |
1-283-25280-5 |
9786613252807 |
0-7486-4755-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Minorities - Syria - History - 20th century |
Nation-building - Syria - History - 20th century |
Syria History French occupation, 1918-1946 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Map 1. Syria c.1936 -- Map 2. The far Northeast of Syria in the 1930s -- Outline chronology of the French Mandate, 1919-39 -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- pt. I. Minorities, majorities and the nation-state -- 'Minorities' and the French Mandate -- pt. II. Separatism and autonomism -- The border and the Kurds -- pt. III. The Franco-Syrian Treaty and the definition of 'minorities' -- Personal status law reform -- Conclusion : minorities, majorities and the writing of history. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 'minorities'. |
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