Winning Lebanon: Youth Politics, Populism, and the Production of Sectarian Violence, 1920-1958

by Dylan Baun

Book Overview

By the mid-twentieth century, youth movements around the globe ruled the streets. In Lebanon, young people in these groups attended lectures, sang songs, and participated in sporting events; their music tastes, clothing choices and routine activities shaped their identities. Yet scholars of modern Lebanon often focus exclusively on the sectarian makeup and violent behaviors of these socio-political groupings, obscuring the youth cultures that they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110879839X
• ISBN13: 9781108798396
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"