Fin de siècle Beirut : the making of an Ottoman provincial capital /

Fin de siècle Beirut : the making of an Ottoman provincial capital /

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Author / Creator:Hanssen, Jens.
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford historical monographs
Subject:
Beirut (Lebanon) -- History -- 19th century.
Beirut (Lebanon) -- History.
Lebanon -- Beirut.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5753121
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ISBN:0199281637 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-295) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Capitalizations
  • 1. The Struggle for Self-Determination
  • 2. A Nation of Provincials
  • 3. Capitalist Urbanization and Subaltern Resistance
  • Part II. Mediations
  • 4. War, Health, and the Making of Municipal Beirut
  • 5. The Intermediary Bourgeoisie and Municipal Politics
  • 6. Provincial Classroom: Intellectuals, Missionaries, and the State
  • Part III. Urban Words - Urban Worlds
  • 7. Public Morality and Social Marginality
  • 8. Urban Narratives of Modernity
  • 9. Provincial Architecture and Imperial Commemoration
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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