02836nam 2200685Ia 450 991081097470332120200520144314.00-7486-5328-71-283-25280-597866132528070-7486-4755-410.1515/9780748647552(CKB)2670000000113890(EBL)767131(OCoLC)749264676(SSID)ssj0000685795(PQKBManifestationID)11405404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685795(PQKBWorkID)10732892(PQKB)10758671(UkCbUP)CR9780748647552(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055624(MiAaPQ)EBC767131(Au-PeEL)EBL767131(CaPaEBR)ebr10496758(CaONFJC)MIL325280(OCoLC)759160461(DE-B1597)614990(DE-B1597)9780748647552(OCoLC)1302165909(EXLCZ)99267000000011389020110404d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe emergence of minorities in the Middle East the politics of community in French mandate Syria /Benjamin Thomas White1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20111 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-7486-4187-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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'.MinoritiesSyriaHistory20th centuryNation-buildingSyriaHistory20th centurySyriaHistoryFrench occupation, 1918-1946MinoritiesHistoryNation-buildingHistory956.91041White Benjamin Thomas513282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810974703321The emergence of minorities in the Middle East4089224UNINA