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House of Many Mansions : The History of Lebanon Reconsidered by Kamal Salibi (1990, Trade Paperback)

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But paradoxically the faction-ridden Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims, have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. How can this be?. In so doing, he illuminates important facets of his countrys present and future.

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520071964

ISBN-139780520071964

eBay Product ID (ePID)949973

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Book TitleHouse of Many Mansions : the History of Lebanon Reconsidered

Number of Pages254 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMiddle East / General

Publication Year1990

FeaturesReprint

GenreHistory

AuthorKamal Salibi

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Reviews"Salibi searches passionately for the "uniqueness" of Lebanon, justifying its existence as an independent state and, perhaps, nation. He provides us indeed with a whole list of features which make 'Lebanon, historically, a unique phenomenon in the Arab world of Ottoman times.'"

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Table Of ContentMap of Lebanon Acknowledgements Introduction 1 How it all began 2 The confidence game 3 Talking geography 4 Rose among the thorns 5 The Maronite record 6 The imagined principality 7 The mountain refuge 8 Ottoman Lebanon: how unique? 9 Phoenicia resurrected 10 Trial and error 11 The war over Lebanese history 12 A house of many mansions Select bibliography Index

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SynopsisToday Lebanon is one of the world's most divided countries. But paradoxically the faction-ridden Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims, have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. How can this be? In the light of modern scholarship, a famous Lebanese writer and scholar examines the historical myths on which his country's warring communities have based their conflicting visions of the Lebanese nation. He shows that Lebanon cannot afford this divisiveness, that in order to develop and maintain a sense of political unity, it is necesary to distinuish fact from fiction and then build on what is real in the common experience of both groups. Salibi offers a major reinterpretation of Lebanese history and provides remarkable insights into the dynamic of Lebanon's recent conflict. In so doing, he illuminates important facets of his country's present and future. This book also gives a masterly account of how the imagined communities that underlie modern nationalism are created and will be of interest to students of international affairs as well as Near Eastern scholars.