Lebanon: a History of Conflict and Consensus

Lebanon: a History of
Conflict and Consensus
Edited by
NADIM SHEHADI
and
DANA H AFFAR MILLS
The Centre for Lebanese Studies
in association with
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Publishers
London
Published by
The Centre for Lebanese Studies
in association with
l.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
3 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 8PW
Copyright© 1988 The Centre for Lebanese Studies
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Lebanon : a history of conflict and consensus
I. Lebanon. Political events, history
I. Shehadi, Nadirn II. Mills, Dana Haffar
956.92
ISBN 1-85043-119-1
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Redwood Burn Limited, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Contents
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Vll
x
Xl
Introduction: The historical perspective
Kamal Salibi
I.
Rural collective action and the emergence of modern
Lebanon: a comparative historical perspective
Edmund Burke I II
2.
124
The attitude of the Arab nationalists towards Greater
Lebanon during the 1930s
Raghid Solh
9.
IOI
La Perception du Grand-Liban chez les maronites dans la
periode du mandat
FadiaKiwan
8.
79
Franco-British rivalry in the Middle East and its operation
in the Lebanese problem
John P. Spagnolo
7.
64
The Administrative Council of Mount Lebanon
Engin Deniz Akarli
6.
49
Ottoman reform and Lebanese patriotism
Youssef M. Choueiri
5.
31
Zahle and D ayr al-Qamar: two market towns of Mount
Lebanon during the civil war of 1860
LeilaFawaz
4.
14
L'Evolution du systeme politique libanais dans le contexte
des conftits regionaux et locaux (1840-r864)
Joseph Abou Nohra
3.
3
149
L ' Economie politique du Liban independant, 1943-1975
Boutros L abaki
166
Contents
VI
IO.
Urban networks and political conflict in
Samir Khalaf and Guilain Denoeux
Le~anon
181
t
II.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
The termination of protracted social conflict in Lebanon:
an analytical perspective
Ghassan T. Raad
201
Comment l'Etat a-t-il ete compris au Liban
Dominique Chevallier
210
The problem of authoritative power in Lebanese politics:
why consociationalism failed
Michael C. Hudson
224
Partage du pouvoir. Dilemme et perspectives d'evolution:
le cas du Liban
Antoine N. Messarra
240
M yths and realities of the Lebanese conflict
Georges Corm
258
Espace urbain, espaces politiques: ville, etat et
communautes a Beyrouth vers 1975. Elements pour une
problematique
Nabil Beyhum
275
The role of the South in Lebanese politics
Ali el-Khalil
Select bibliography
3 15
Index
329