This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Historical Monographs collection.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
History, first hand,
This review is from: The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860 (Paperback)
This is a rather extraordinary eyewitness account of the turmoil in Lebanon from 1840 through 1860, under Turkish rule.
The book is a graphical reproduction of Charles Henry Churchill's account, published in a 1,000 copy run in London in 1862. Despite the 283 page length, the type is large, so it's possible to read this volume in one sitting. It would be considerably shorter in a smaller, modern font. At the outset the volume gives an interesting background on the Druze faith, though some details from Medieval sources seem rather implausible. But for its account of the 19th century, the book offers first hand, extremely graphic descriptions of a turgid conflict between the Druze and Maronites, instigated by Turkish rulers, who were eager to regain control of their empire after groveling for European support, and reluctantly implementing reforms at European behest. Apart from the routine humiliations imposed on Christians and Druze alike by Turkish rulers, the book also gives a remarkably frank description of the political manipulations that initiated the strife, and the complete disinterest with which the Turks watched the resulting conflict rage. This little book is by no means all encompassing. But it does offer an excellent, eyewitness window onto the events in Lebanon from 1840 to 1860. --Alyssa A. Lappen
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
mixed districts, two sects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fuad Pasha, Said Bey, Emir Beshir, Kurchid Pasha, Syrian Correspondence, Osman Bey, Sitt Naaify, Omar Pasha, Greek Christians, Lord Dufferin, Christians of the Lebanon, General Beaufort, Abou Nakads, Christians of Deir-el-Kamar, Achmed Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha, Colonel Rose, Mustapha Pasha, Ottoman Commissioner, British Commissioner, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, All Hamadi, Sublime Porte New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
mixed districts, two sects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fuad Pasha, Said Bey, Emir Beshir, Kurchid Pasha, Syrian Correspondence, Osman Bey, Sitt Naaify, Omar Pasha, Greek Christians, Lord Dufferin, Christians of the Lebanon, General Beaufort, Abou Nakads, Christians of Deir-el-Kamar, Achmed Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha, Colonel Rose, Mustapha Pasha, Ottoman Commissioner, British Commissioner, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, All Hamadi, Sublime Porte New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
