French rule over Syria and Lebanon was premised on a vision of a special French protectorate established through centuries of cultural activity: archaeological, educational and charitable. Initial French methods of organising and supervising cultural activity sought to embrace this vision and to imp
Syria And Lebanon Under French Mandate
β Scribed by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1958
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 412
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Preface
Contents
I. Turkish Province
II. War and Victory
III. The French and the Amir
IV. First Years of the Mandate
V. Rebellion and Progress
VI. Advance and Recession
VII. Last Hopes Frustrated
VIII. Apart From Politics
IX. Twilight of the Mandate
X. End and Beginning
Appendices
Index
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