LEADER 02707nam 2200469 450 001 9910823898503321 005 20230807211448.0 010 $a1-4384-6096-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000603801 035 $a(EBL)4412466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4412466 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4412466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11228193 035 $a(OCoLC)953657041 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000603801 100 $a20160715h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeirut on the Bayou $eAlfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the making of modern Lebanon /$fRaif Shwayri 210 1$aAlbany, New York :$cState University of New York Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4384-6095-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Island 327 $aA 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 wilderness 327 $a9 A singular message in the face of continuing adversityThe peace of circumstance: And the failed state; The message of Al-Kafaa?t; Appendices; Bibliography; Index 607 $aLebanon$xEmigration and immigration 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration 676 $a305.596569209034 700 $aShwayri$b Rai?f$01722340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823898503321 996 $aBeirut on the Bayou$94122623 997 $aUNINA