Fin de Siï¿½cle Beirut The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital

Name: Fin de Siï¿½cle Beirut The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital
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ISBN: 9780199281633

ISBN-10: 0199281637

ISBN-13: 9780199281633

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jens Hanssen

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Postwar Beirut conjures up contradictory images of remarkable openness and inconceivable violence, of great antiquity and a bright future. The Lebanese capital stands for Arab cosmopolitanism and cultural effervescence but also for its tragedies of destruction. This book examines the historical formation of Beirut as a multiply contested Mediterranean city. Fin de Sicle Beirut is a landmark contribution to the growing literature in Ottoman studies, in Arab cultural history and on Mediterranean cities. Combining urban theory, particularly Henri Lefebvre's work on cities and capitalism, with postcolonial methodology, the central thesis of this book is that modern Beirut is the outcome of…

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List price: $240.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.30" wide x 6.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Introduction



Capitalizations



The Struggle for Self-Determination



A Nation of Provincials



Capitalist Urbanization and Subaltern Resistance



Mediations



War, Health, and the Making of Municipal Beirut



The Intermediary Bourgeoisie and Municipal Politics



Provincial Classroom: Intellectuals, Missionaries, and the State



Urban Words - Urban Worlds



Public Morality and Social Marginality



Urban Narratives of Modernity



Provincial Architecture and Imperial Commemoration


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index