The Ottoman Cities of Lebanon: Historical Legacy and Identity in the Modern Middle East

by James A. Reilly

Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical and brutal dictatorship, the period has not been thought of fondly in most Lebanese historiography. In a far-reaching and much-needed analysis of this complex legacy, James A. Reilly looks at Arabic-language history writing emanating from Lebanon in the post-1975 period, focusing on the three main Ottoman administrative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784535540
• ISBN13: 9781784535544
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"