Occupying Syria Under the French Mandate

ISBN-13: 9781107000063 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 248 str.

Daniel Neep

Opis

This rigorous study explores how French colonial violence during the Mandate laid the foundations for the modern state in Syria.

Spis treści

1. Rethinking violence; 2. The architecture of the colonial state; 3. Political rationalities of violence; 4. Time, science and space; 5. Rebel movements and the great revolt; 6. Urban planning, hygiene and counter-insurgency; 7. Nomad space: securing the desert.