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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge Middle East studies
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Cambridge Middle East studies.
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Cover; Occupying Syria under the French Mandate; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; 1: Rethinking Colonial Violence; EUROCENTRISM, VIOLENCE AND POWER IN HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY; EUROCENTRISM, MODERNITY AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES; VIOLENCE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH; 2: The Architecture of the Colonial State; THE MANDATES SYSTEM IN THE LEVANT; THE COLONIAL STATE IN SYRIA; OCCUPATION, PACIFICATION AND THE GREAT SYRIAN REVOLT; 3: Political Rationalities of Violence; FRENCH COLONIAL WARFARE. |
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THE POLITICAL RATIONALITIES OF PRIMITIVISMCIVILISATION AND PUNISHMENT IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; DOCILE BODIES AND INJURED SUBJECTS; 4: Time, Science and Space; PROGRESS AND PRIMITIVISM: CARBILLET AND THE BANDITS; SAVAGERY AND RESTRAINT: QUALIFYING SYRIAN REBEL VIOLENCE; SCIENTISM AND VIOLENCE: COLONIAL CALCULATIONS; ORDERING ARMIES: WAR IN THE LEVANT AND THE WAR OF BANDS; CONCLUSION; 5: Rebel Movements and the Great Revolt; STRAIGHT LINES AND SHORT CUTS: COLONIAL COLUMNS AND IRREGULAR REBELS; FROM COLONNE TO GENDARMERIE MOBILE: THE TRANSITION TO MOBILITY. |
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FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE: CARTOGRAPHY, RECONNAISSANCE AND INTELLIGENCECONCLUSION; 6: Urban Planning, Hygiene and Counter-Insurgency; DISCIPLINED SPACE: COUNTER-INSURGENCY, GARRISON TOWNS AND THE INVERTED SIEGE; GOVERNED SPACE: SÉCURITÉ, URBAN PLANNING AND COLONIAL HYGIENE; CONCLUSION; 7: Nomad Space: Securing the Desert; SECURING THE BEDU: POLICING AND GOVERNMENT IN THE DESERT; THE POLITICS OF EXPERTISE: CONSENT, COERCION AND THE COLONIAL ORDER; DRAWING LINES IN SAND: THE NOMAD AND THE SETTLED; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; THEORISING VIOLENCE, SPACE AND POWER IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; Bibliography; 1. Archives2. Periodicals; 3. Books, Articles and Theses; Index. |
| Summary |
This rigorous study explores how French colonial violence during the Mandate laid the foundations for the modern state in Syria. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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French Occupation of Syria (Syria : 1918-1946) |
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Syria -- History -- French occupation, 1918-1946.
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Mandates -- Syria.
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Mandates. |
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Syria. |
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Insurgency -- Syria -- History -- 20th century.
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Insurgency. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Syria -- History -- 20th century.
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 20th century.
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Political violence. |
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Social control -- Syria -- History -- 20th century.
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Social control. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neep, Daniel. Occupying Syria under the French Mandate. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107000063 |
| ISBN |
9781139525671 (electronic book) |
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1139525670 (electronic book) |
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9780511686856 (electronic book) |
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0511686854 (electronic book) |
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9781139530347 |
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1139530348 |
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9781139528061 |
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1139528068 |
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9781107000063 (hardback) |
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1107000068 (hardback) |
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