Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon

By Elizabeth Thompson and Elizabeth F. Thompson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231106610
• ISBN13: 9780231106610
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher