LEADER 06835nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910825679403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-59092-1 010 $a9786613903372 010 $a1-4008-4584-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400845842 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241658 035 $a(EBL)1017169 035 $a(OCoLC)810317258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10721630 035 $a(PQKB)11532624 035 $a(OCoLC)812174506 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37166 035 $a(DE-B1597)447362 035 $a(OCoLC)979835535 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400845842 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1017169 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10599103 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1017169 035 $a(PPN)232901392 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241658 100 $a19980413d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSyria's peasantry, the descendants of its lesser rural notables, and their politics$b[electronic resource] /$fHanna Batatu 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00254-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 391-403) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tTABLES --$tPREFACE --$tPART I: THE PEASANTS' SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS --$tCHAPTER 1. The Role of Demographics --$tCHAPTER 2. Differentiations --$tCHAPTER 3. Living Conditions --$tCHAPTER 4. Economic Efficiency --$tPART II: THE PRE-BA?TH PATTERNS OF PEASANT CONSCIOUSNESS, ORGANIZATION, AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR --$tCHAPTER 5. Introduction: Portraits of Peasants by Ibn Khald?n, Balzac, Trotsky, Father Ayrout, and J. C. Scott, and Their Relevance --$tCHAPTER 6. The First Peasant Organizations or the Corporations of Peasant-gardeners from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century --$tCHAPTER 7. S?fism among the Peasants: A Source of Political Quietism? --$tCHAPTER 8. The Proneness in Ottoman and Mandate Times of the Peasant Mountaineers to Rebellion and of the Peasants of the Open Plains to Indirect Methods of Defense --$tCHAPTER 9. The Communists and the Peasants --$tCHAPTER 10. The Arab Socialists, or the First Agrarian Party in Syria's History --$tPART III: THE RURAL AND PEASANT ASPECTS OF BA?THISM --$tCHAPTER 11. The Old Ba'th and the Political Rearing of a Rural Intelligentsia --$tCHAPTER 12. The "Transitional" Ba?th or the Ba?th of the 1960's, the Rise of the Lesser Rural or Village Notability, and the Ruralization of the Army, the Party, and, to Some Degree, the State Bureaucracy --$tCHAPTER 13. The Post-1970 Asad-molded, Career-oriented Ba'th --$tPART IV: ??FIZ AL-ASAD, OR SYRIA'S FIRST RULER OF PEASANT EXTRACTION --$tCHAPTER 14. Asad's Background, Early Education, Party Apprenticeship, and First Political Battle --$tCHAPTER 15. Asad's Military Career and Military Qualifications, or the Inferences as to His Generalship Deducible from His Performance in the 1967 and 1973 Wars and during Israel's Invasion of Lebanon --$tCHAPTER 16. The Varied Aspects of Power in Asad's State --$tCHAPTER 17. Focusing for a While on the More Subtle Forms of Power --$tCHAPTER 18. The Organization of Power at the Second Tier of Asad's Polity and Its Partaking, among Other Features, of a Basic Trait of Peasant Life --$tCHAPTER 19. A Glance at the Third Level of Power or at the Composition of the Upper Elite of the Ba?th Party (1970-1997) --$tCHAPTER 20. Shifting the Focus to the Fourth Level of Power, or an Analysis, by Way of Illustration, of the Role of the Peasants' General Union, the Party's Principal Ancillary Mass Organization --$tCHAPTER 21. A Closer View of the Summit of Power, or Asad's Personality as a Factor in the Maintenance of His Rule and the Thwarting of His Opponents --$tCHAPTER 22. Of the Manner in Which Asad Dealt with the Muslim Brethren and their Militants, and the Light It Throws on the Methods by Which He Holds Sway --$tCHAPTER 23. Asad's Main Concepts at the Level of Regional Politics: Ends or Instruments? --$tCHAPTER 24. An In-depth Study of Asad's Relations with Fat?h and the P.L.O. from 1966 to 1997 and the Light It Sheds on His Aims and Techniques --$tCHAPTER 25. Epilogue --$tAPPENDIX --$tNOTES --$tSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX I: SUBJECTS --$tINDEX II: PERSONAL NAMES --$tINDEX III: NAMES OF FAMILIES AND TRIBES 330 $aIn this book, the distinguished scholar Hanna Batatu presents a comprehensive analysis of the recent social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the current holders of political power stem. Batatu focuses mainly on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba`th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'état of 1963, and the era of îvfiz al-Asad, Syria's first ruler of peasant extraction. Without seeking to prove any single theory about Syrian life, he offers a uniquely rich and detailed account of how power was transferred from one demographic group to another and how that power is maintained today. Batatu begins by examining social differences among Syria's peasants and the evolution of their mode of life and economic circumstances. He then scrutinizes the peasants' forms of consciousness, organization, and behavior in Ottoman and Mandate times and prior to the Ba`thists' rise to power. He explores the rural aspects of Ba`thism and shows that it was not a single force but a plurality of interrelated groups--prominent among them the descendants of the lesser rural notables--with different social goals and mental horizons. The book also provides a perceptive account of President Asad, his personality and conduct, and the characteristics and power structures of his regime. Batatu draws throughout on a wide range of socioeconomic and biographical information and on personal interviews with Syrian peasants and political leaders, offering invaluable insights into the complexities of a country and a regime that have long been poorly understood by outsiders. 606 $aPeasants$xPolitical activity$zSyria$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSyria$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aPeasants$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a956.9104/088/63 700 $aBatatu$b Hanna$f1926-$0330154 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825679403321 996 $aSyria's peasantry, the Descendants of its lesser rural notables, and their politics$91296535 997 $aUNINA