17.8 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon?
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This article is from the Lebanon FAQ, by Alaa Dakroub dakroub@leb.net with numerous contributions by others.
17.8 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon?
from the Centre for Lebanese Studies, Oxford, England (address and
info Question 11)
Publications
Books
Theodor Hanf Co-existence in Wartime Lebanon: Decline of a
State and Rise of a Nation. Published by the Centre for
Lebanese Studies and I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. Oxford and
London: 1993. 512pp.
45.00 ISBN 1 85043 651 7
The subject of this book is the problem of conflict and conflict
regulation in Lebanon. How were conflicts regulated peacefully
in pre-war Lebanon? How did this country come to be the
battlefield of a surrogate war and, at the same time, a civil war?
How do the Lebanese political and military leaders on the one
hand, and ordinary citizens on the other view what has
happened to their country? What do they desire and what will
they settle for? Are there any prospects of re-establishing
Lebanese co-existence?
This book attempts to show that although fear can produce a
vicious circle of hate and violence, it can also produce reason
and compromise _ that conflict can bring forth co-existence.
Leila Fawaz An Occasion for War: Lebanon and Damascus in
the 1860s. Published by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. Oxford & London: 1993. 256pp.
34.50 ISBN 1 85043 201 5
This pioneering study tells the story of the 1860 civil wars
which began in Mount Lebanon and spilled over into Damascus
to become the most severe sectarian outbreak in the history of
Ottoman Syria and Lebanon. The author's close analytical
narrative of the dramatic events of this year is set against the
background of broader themes of social, political and economic
change during the nineteenth century and explores the
interaction of local contexts with regional and international
currents.
Albert Hourani & Nadim Shehdi (eds.) The Lebanese in the
World: A Century of Emigration. Published by the Centre for
Lebanese Studies and I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. Oxford & London:
1992. 801pp.
45.00 ISBN 1 85043 303 8
This book is a collection of essays based on papers delivered at
a conference on Lebanese Emigration organised by the Centre
for Lebanese Studies in Oxford. The chapters are written by
historians, economists, sociologists and political scientists,
coming from various backgrounds and disciplines. They attempt
to evaluate the impact of the emigrants from Lebanon on the
host societies, the process of integration, their economic,
political and cultural significance, as well as their relations with
the home country and their contribution to its development.
Engin Deniz Akarli The Long Peace: Ottoman Lebanon,
1861_1920. Published by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. Oxford and London: 1993. 372pp.
34.50 ISBN 1 85043 655 X
This book analyses the development of an autonomous political
regime in Ottoman Mount Lebanon known as the
Mutasarrifiyya. The book describes how that period was one of
reconcilliation and socio-political integration for Mount
Lebanon, and discusses the relevance of that epoch to later
periods of Lebanese history.
Leila Fawaz ed. State and Society in Lebanon. Published
by the Centre for Lebanese Studies and Tufts University.
Oxford and Cambridge, MA: 1991. 108pp.
14.95 ISBN 1 870552 23 7
This book includes a selection of the papers presented at the
conference on Rebuilding State and Society in Lebanon held in
Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1988. It analyses ways in which
the Lebanese state and society can be rebuilt and discusses the
future prospects of Lebanon.
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