A History of Modern Lebanon
This is the first history of Lebanon from the Ottoman Empire to the modern period. Based on previously inaccessible archives, it is a fascinating account of one of the world's most fabled countries.
Starting with the formation of Ottoman Lebanon in the 16th century, Traboulsi covers the growth of Beirut as a capital for trade and culture through the 19th century, it's independence, and experiences as a republic, before moving onward to Lebanon's development in the late 20th century and the conflicts that led up to the major wars in the 1970s and 1980s and beyond.
This is a stunning history of Lebanon over five centuries, bringing to life its politics, its people, and the crucial role that it has always played in world affairs.
Table of contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Glossary
Section One: Ottoman Lebanon
1. The Emirate of Mount Lebanon (1523--1842)
2. The Bloody Death of the Muqata`ji System (1842--1861)
3. Grandeur and Misery of the Mutasarrifiya (1861--1915)
4. Beirut, Capital of Trade and Culture (1820--1918)
Section Two: State and Society
5. Dialectics of Attachment and Detachment (1915--1920)
6. From Mandate to Independence (1920--1943)
7. The Merchant Republic (1943--1952)
8. The Pro-Western Authoritarianism of Kamil Chamoun (1952--1958)
9. Shihabism and the Difficult Autonomy of the State (1958--1970)
10. The Pre-War Crises (1968--1975)
Section Three: the Wars of Lebanon
11. Reform by Arms (1975--1976)
12. The Longest Coup d’Etat (1977--1982)
13. The War Order (1983--1990)
14. Ambiguities and Contradictions of the Taif Agreement