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Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon
Elizabeth Thompson
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Paperback. Thompson shows how post-WWI Syrians and Lebanese mobilized to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 halftones; 4 color. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1FBS; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson shows how Syrians and Lebanese mobilized, like other colonized peoples, to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. The negotiations between the French and citizens of the Mandate set the terms of politics for decades after Syria and Lebanon achieved independence in 1946. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established. ... Read more
French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson shows how Syrians and Lebanese mobilized, like other colonized peoples, to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. The negotiations between the French and citizens of the Mandate set the terms of politics for decades after Syria and Lebanon achieved independence in 1946. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
History & Society of the Modern Middle East
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231106610
SKU
V9780231106610
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About Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon
This book deserves to be widely read. One of the most significant contributions to the historiography of modern Syria and Lebanon in recent years.
Margaret L. Meriwether American Historical Review
Margaret L. Meriwether American Historical Review