| The Shiites of Lebanon Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 Contributor(s): Winter, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521765846 ISBN-13: 9780521765848 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Religion | Islam - History |
| Dewey: 956.920 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides an original perspective on the history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community before the 19th century, based primarily on Ottoman Turkish documents. From these, he examines how local Shiites were well integrated in the Ottoman system of rule, and that Lebanon as an autonomous entity only developed in the course of the 18th century through the marginalization and then violent elimination of the indigenous Shiite leaderships by an increasingly powerful Druze-Maronite emirate. As such the book recovers the Ottoman-era history of a group which has always been neglected in chronicle-based works, and in doing so, fundamentally calls into question the historic place within 'Lebanon' of what has today become the country's largest and most activist sectarian community. |
