The long peace : Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920 / Engin Deniz Akarl
1993, First Edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416631
ISBN: 185043655X
Physical description; xviii, 288 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index. Contents; The road to a special regime in Mount Lebanon -- Geography -- The people -- Politics -- Winds of change -- International rivalries and sectarian strife -- The new regime -- Ottoman policy and power relations in Mount Lebanon, 1861-1892 -- The formative period, 1861-1873 -- Rustem Pasha, 1873-1883 -- Vasa Pasha, 1883-1892 -- Ottoman policy and power relations in Mount Lebanon, 1892-1915 -- Naum Pasha, 1892-1902 -- Muzaffer Pasha, 1902-1907 -- Yusuf Pasha and Ohannes Pasha, 1907-1915 -- The administrative council -- Composition and duties of the council -- The council's weapon: its right to veto tax increases -- Elections and politics in the mountain -- The council as the representative of Lebanese -- Taxation and fiscal administration -- Taxation under the Reglement -- Basic sources of revenue -- Additional sources of revenue -- The 1913-14 budget, mutiny and fiscal autonomy -- Judicial organization as a mechanism of social consolidation -- The court system. Subjects; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology Lebanon - History - 1516-1918. Lebanon Politics and government.
Price: €125.00