LEADER 02663nam 22006252 450 001 9910461740303321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a0-7486-5328-7 010 $a1-283-25280-5 010 $a9786613252807 010 $a0-7486-4755-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000113890 035 $a(EBL)767131 035 $a(OCoLC)749264676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000685795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405404 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10732892 035 $a(PQKB)10758671 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748647552 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC767131 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL767131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325280 035 $a(OCoLC)759160461 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000113890 100 $a20120514d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe emergence of minorities in the Middle East $ethe politics of community in French mandate Syria /$fBenjamin Thomas White$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-7486-4187-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMap 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. 330 $aThis 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'. 606 $aMinorities$zSyria$y20th century 606 $aNational characteristics, Syrian 606 $aEthnicity$zSyria$y20th century 615 0$aMinorities 615 0$aNational characteristics, Syrian. 615 0$aEthnicity 676 $a956.91041 700 $aWhite$b Benjamin Thomas$0513282 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461740303321 996 $aThe emergence of minorities in the Middle East$92466994 997 $aUNINA