Politics of Interventionism in Ottoman Lebanon, 1830-1861
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: November 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 832
ISBN-13: 9781860640568
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Political economy; c 1800 to c 1900; Political Science; Foreign Relations; Middle East - History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Lebanon; International Relations - General; Political History; Political Science / International Relations; Middle East - General
First sentence: The central issue in all political deliberations after 1840 was the demand by Maronite clergy, their spokesmen and allies among European powers that the traditional privileges of the Lebanon be honoured.