Lords of the Lebanese marches: violence and narrative in an Arab society / Michael Gilsenan
by Gilsenan, Michael
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London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 1996. 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Contents: Part 1. The rule of the lords from the snow to the sea. Figures in a landscape: one; Figures in a landscape: two; Contexts and contests -- Part 2. State and local narratives. Narratives, powers, persons; Fathomless ocean; Precarious archaism; Underdeveloped periphery -- Part 3. The weight of the ancestors. Famine and memory; Fellahin and famine -- Part 4. Marvellous stories, dirty deeds. Gallous story or dirty deed; Marching in the wrong direction; Joking, play and pressure; The perils of display; A killing in the street -- Part 5. Imperatives of work. The challenge of work and wages; Horsemen on tractors -- Coda: The roses of life. Subjects: Power (Social sciences) Akkar Plain (Syria and Lebanon).Social control Akkar Plain (Syria and Lebanon).Violence Akkar Plain (Syria and Lebanon). Social structure Akkar Plain (Syria and Lebanon). Land tenure Akkar Plain (Syria and Lebanon).
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- Title
- Lords of the Lebanese marches: violence and narrative in an Arab society / Michael Gilsenan
- Author
- Gilsenan, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1850430993
- ISBN 13
- 9781850430995
- Publisher
- London; New York: I.B. Tauris
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
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