The Origins of the Lebanese National Idea : 1840–1920

In This Fascinating Study, Carol Hakim Presents A New And Original Narrative On The Origins Of The Lebanese National Idea. Hakim's Study Reconsiders Conventional Accounts That Locate The Origins Of Lebanese Nationalism In A Distant Legendary Past And Then Trace Its Evolution In A Linear And Gradual Manner. She Argues That While Some Of The Ideas And Historical Myths At The Core Of Lebanese Nationalism Appeared By The Mid-nineteenth Century, A Coherent Popular Nationalist Ideology And Movement Emerged Only With The Establishment Of The Lebanese State In 1920. Hakim Reconstructs The Complex Process That Led To The Appearance Of Fluid National Ideals Among Members Of The Clerical And Secular Lebanese Elite, And Follows The Fluctuations And Variations Of These Ideals Up Until The Establishment Of A Lebanese State. The Book Is An Essential Read For Anyone Interested In The Evolution Of Nationalism In The Middle East And Beyond. -- Book Jacket. The Emergence Of Lebanism : The Lebanese Setting -- The Emergence Of Lebanism : The French Dimension -- The 1860 Massacres And Their Aftermath : A Map For Lebanon -- The Church And The Mutasarrifiyyah -- The Mutasarrifiyyah Framework : An Equivocal Legacy -- The Secular Elite And The Mutasarrifiyyah -- The 1908 Revolution And Its Aftermath -- Towards A Greater Lebanon. Carol Hakim. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 319-352) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Note on Transliteration......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 The Emergence of Lebanism: The Lebanese Setting......Page 26 2 The Emergence of Lebanism: The French Connection......Page 49 3 The 1860 Massacres and Their Aftermath: A Map for Lebanon......Page 78 4 The Church and the Mutasarrifiyya......Page 112 5 The Mutasarrifiyya Framework: An Equivocal Legacy......Page 150 6 The Secular Elite and the Mutasarrifiyya......Page 170 7 The 1908 Revolution and Its Aftermath......Page 208 8 Toward a Greater Lebanon......Page 226 Conclusion......Page 274 Notes......Page 280 Bibliography......Page 332 A......Page 366 B......Page 367 D......Page 368 F......Page 369 H......Page 370 L......Page 371 M......Page 372 P......Page 374 S......Page 375 V......Page 376 Z......Page 377 Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond.