The origins of Syrian nationhood
Subtitle: histories, pioneers and identity
By: edited by Adel Beshara
Series: Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history -- 10; Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history -- 10.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780415615044; 9780203816776
Subjects: Arab nationalism; Nationalism; Syrian National characteristics; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The name of Syria in ancient and modern usage / Lamia Rustum Shehadeh; title: Communalism as a factor in the rise of the Syria idea in the 1800s and the early 1900s / Arnon Groiss; title: Butrus al-Bustani : Syria's ideologue of the age / Stephen Sheehi; title: Jurji Zaydan's role in the Syro-Arab nahda : a re-evaluation / Thomas Philipp; title: Pioneers of Syrian patriotism and identity : a re-evaluation of Khalil al-Khuri's contribution / Fruma Zachs; title: Henri Lammens and Syrian nationalism / Asher Kaufman; title: Rashid Rida : on the way to Syrian nationalism in the shade of Islam and Arabism / Eyal Zisser; title: A rebel Syrian : Gibran Kahlil Gibran / Adel Beshara; title: Between patriotism and nationalism : Ameen Rihani's vision for Lebanon and Syria / Nijmeh Hajjar; title: Syrianist orientations in the thought of Mikhail Nuaymah / John Daye; title: The national role of the Syro-Lebanese of Egypt : the case of Farah Antun, Mayy Ziadah and al-Kawakibi / Caesar E. Farah; title: Constructions of Syrian identity in the women's press in Egypt / Marilyn Booth; title: Faysal : the first king of Syria / Muhannad Salhi; title: King Abdullah's project of greater Syria : a historical appreciation / C. Ernest Dawn; title: Nationalism, diaspora and "civilisational mission" : the case of Syrian nationalism in Latin America between World War I and World War II / Christoph Schumann; title: Khalil Saadeh and Syrian nationalism in the aftermath of World War I / Sofia Saadeh; title: Antun Saadeh : the architect of Syrian nationalism / Adel Beshara.