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Colonial Citizens - (History and Society of the Modern Middle East) by Elizabeth Thompson (Paperback)

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  • French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I.
  • About the Author: Elizabeth Thompson is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia.
  • 400 Pages
  • History, Middle East
  • Series Name: History and Society of the Modern Middle East

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Thompson shows how post-WWI Syrians and Lebanese mobilized to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established.



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French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson shows how Syrians and Lebanese mobilized, like other colonized peoples, to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. The negotiations between the French and citizens of the Mandate set the terms of politics for decades after Syria and Lebanon achieved independence in 1946.

Colonial Citizens highlights gender as a central battlefield upon which the relative rights and obligations of states and citizens were established. The participants in this struggle included not only elite nationalists and French rulers, but also new mass movements of women, workers, youth, and Islamic populists. The author examines the "gendered battles" fought over France's paternalistic policies in health, education, labor, and the press. Two important and enduring political structures issued from these conflicts:

- First, a colonial welfare state emerged by World War II that recognized social rights of citizens to health, education, and labor protection.

- Second, tacit gender pacts were forged first by the French and then reaffirmed by the nationalist rulers of the independent states. These gender pacts represented a compromise among male political rivals, who agreed to exclude and marginalize female citizens in public life.

This study provides a major contribution to the social construction of gender in nationalist and postcolonial discourse. Returning workers, low-ranking religious figures, and most of all, women to the narrative history of the region--figures usually omitted--Colonial Citizens enhances our understanding of the interwar period in the Middle East, providing needed context for a better understanding of statebuilding, nationalism, Islam, and gender since World War II.



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This book deserves to be widely read. One of the most significant contributions to the historiography of modern Syria and Lebanon in recent years.--Margaret L. Meriwether "American Historical Review"



About the Author



Elizabeth Thompson is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.99 Inches (H) x 6.05 Inches (W) x .91 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.29 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 400
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Middle East
Series Title: History and Society of the Modern Middle East
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Elizabeth Thompson
Language: English
Street Date: December 24, 1999
TCIN: 94476077
UPC: 9780231106610
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-1424
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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