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Occupying Syria under the French mandate : insurgency, space and state formation /
This rigorous study explores how French colonial violence during the Mandate laid the foundations for the modern state in Syria.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Cambridge Middle East studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Occupying Syria under the French Mandate; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; 1: Rethinking Colonial Violence; EUROCENTRISM, VIOLENCE AND POWER IN HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY; EUROCENTRISM, MODERNITY AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES; VIOLENCE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH; 2: The Architecture of the Colonial State; THE MANDATES SYSTEM IN THE LEVANT; THE COLONIAL STATE IN SYRIA; OCCUPATION, PACIFICATION AND THE GREAT SYRIAN REVOLT; 3: Political Rationalities of Violence; FRENCH COLONIAL WARFARE.
- THE POLITICAL RATIONALITIES OF PRIMITIVISMCIVILISATION AND PUNISHMENT IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; DOCILE BODIES AND INJURED SUBJECTS; 4: Time, Science and Space; PROGRESS AND PRIMITIVISM: CARBILLET AND THE BANDITS; SAVAGERY AND RESTRAINT: QUALIFYING SYRIAN REBEL VIOLENCE; SCIENTISM AND VIOLENCE: COLONIAL CALCULATIONS; ORDERING ARMIES: WAR IN THE LEVANT AND THE WAR OF BANDS; CONCLUSION; 5: Rebel Movements and the Great Revolt; STRAIGHT LINES AND SHORT CUTS: COLONIAL COLUMNS AND IRREGULAR REBELS; FROM COLONNE TO GENDARMERIE MOBILE: THE TRANSITION TO MOBILITY.
- FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE: CARTOGRAPHY, RECONNAISSANCE AND INTELLIGENCECONCLUSION; 6: Urban Planning, Hygiene and Counter-Insurgency; DISCIPLINED SPACE: COUNTER-INSURGENCY, GARRISON TOWNS AND THE INVERTED SIEGE; GOVERNED SPACE: SÉCURITÉ, URBAN PLANNING AND COLONIAL HYGIENE; CONCLUSION; 7: Nomad Space: Securing the Desert; SECURING THE BEDU: POLICING AND GOVERNMENT IN THE DESERT; THE POLITICS OF EXPERTISE: CONSENT, COERCION AND THE COLONIAL ORDER; DRAWING LINES IN SAND: THE NOMAD AND THE SETTLED; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; THEORISING VIOLENCE, SPACE AND POWER IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; Bibliography; 1. Archives2. Periodicals; 3. Books, Articles and Theses; Index.