The emergence of minorities in the Middle East : the politics of community in French mandate Syria /: the politics of community in French mandate Syria. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Benjamin Thomas White.
• Authors: White, Benjamin Thomas
• Contents: Map 1. Syria c.1936 -- Map 2. The far Northeast of Syria in the 1930s -- Outline chronology of the French Mandate, 1919-39 -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- pt. I. Minorities, majorities and the nation-state -- 'Minorities' and the French Mandate -- pt. II. Separatism and autonomism -- The border and the Kurds -- pt. III. The Franco-Syrian Treaty and the definition of 'minorities' -- Personal status law reform -- Conclusion : minorities, majorities and the writing of history.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 956.9/1041; National characteristics, Syrian; Ethnicity -- Syria -- 20th century; Minorities -- Syria -- History -- 20th century; Nation-building -- Syria -- History -- 20th century; History -- Middle East -- General; Ethnicity; Minorities; Nation-building; National characteristics, Syrian; Minderheitenpolitik; Syria -- History -- French occupation, 1918-1946; Syria; Frankreich; Syrien; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748647552; 0748647554; 9780748688937; 0748688935; 1283252805; 9781283252805
• Related ISBNs: 0748641874; 9780748641871; 9780748685400; 0748685405
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.