The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943

by Tamara Chalabi

Book Overview

Tamara Chalabi highlights the development of a 'politics of demand' and the increased political activism of this community in a time of great change. It also explores how Arab nationalism was transformed from an ideology of opposition and empowerment of marginal communities, into a tool for the assertion of political domination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349531944
• ISBN13: 9781349531943
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"