A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered

by Kamal Salibi

Book Overview

Today 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520065174
• ISBN13: 9780520065178
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.