02740nam 2200481 450 991046614570332120200520144314.01-4384-6096-1(CKB)3710000000603801(EBL)4412466(MiAaPQ)EBC4412466(Au-PeEL)EBL4412466(CaPaEBR)ebr11228193(OCoLC)953657041(EXLCZ)99371000000060380120160715h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBeirut on the Bayou Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the making of modern Lebanon /Raif ShwayriAlbany, New York :State University of New York Press,2015.©20151 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-6095-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Alfred remembers; 1 Fares Bozeid Moujaes; Of silk and stone; Palace builders; From Beiteddine to Hadath; 2 Habib Fares Shwayri; Rebirth of Beirut; Toward civil war; The failure of the caimaqamat system; 1860, the year of transformations; 3 Nicolas Habib Shwayri; The Organic Statutes; The Administrative Council: Prefiguration of the House of Representatives; To finish with Youssef bey Karam; A bustling but constrained economy; The new imperialisms; Part II: Alfred in Louisiana; 4 From Lebanon to Louisiana; Ellis IslandA forerunner Moujaes: Ann MurraySouth to New Orleans; 5 A peddler on foot; On the bayou; "Up the bayou, down the bayou, across the bayou"; A people of extremes; "Sweet Papa"; 6 A shotgun house, a wagon, and a horse called Mac; Lockport; On war and peace; A peddler by wagon; "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"; Part III: Alfred's legacy; 7 Returning to a country in total upheaval; In his absence: The dismemberment of an empire; Alfred in Hadath: From mandate to independence; 8 On true resilience; Nadim Shwayri; Lily; Shwayr, in a child's memory; A cry in the wilderness9 A singular message in the face of continuing adversityThe peace of circumstance: And the failed state; The message of Al-Kafaàt; Appendices; Bibliography; IndexLebanonEmigration and immigrationUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationElectronic books.305.596569209034Shwayri Raïf883339MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466145703321Beirut on the Bayou1973042UNINA