Fin de Siècle Beirut: The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital

by Jens Hanssen

Postwar Beirut conjures up contradictory images of remarkable openness and inconceivable violence, of great antiquity and a bright future. The Lebanese capital stands for Arab cosmopolitanism and cultural effervescence but also for its tragedies of destruction. This book examines the historical formation of Beirut as a multiply contested Mediterranean city.

Fin de Si cle Beirut is a landmark contribution to the growing literature in Ottoman...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199281637
• ISBN13: 9780199281633
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"