State and Society in Syria and Lebanon

A comparative study of the neighboring Middle Eastern countries focusing on pivotal events from the disintegration of the Ottoman empire during World War I through the French mandate and the struggles for independence to the 1991 treaty of cooperation. The topics include government policies and practices, economics, and concepts of Arabism and nationalism. Two of the ten papers, from a September 1991 colloquium, are in French. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.