Title Occupying Syria under the French mandate : insurgency, space and state formation / Daniel Neep

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge Middle East studies Cambridge Middle East studies. Contents Cover; Occupying Syria under the French Mandate; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; 1: Rethinking Colonial Violence; EUROCENTRISM, VIOLENCE AND POWER IN HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY; EUROCENTRISM, MODERNITY AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES; VIOLENCE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH; 2: The Architecture of the Colonial State; THE MANDATES SYSTEM IN THE LEVANT; THE COLONIAL STATE IN SYRIA; OCCUPATION, PACIFICATION AND THE GREAT SYRIAN REVOLT; 3: Political Rationalities of Violence; FRENCH COLONIAL WARFARE THE POLITICAL RATIONALITIES OF PRIMITIVISMCIVILISATION AND PUNISHMENT IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; DOCILE BODIES AND INJURED SUBJECTS; 4: Time, Science and Space; PROGRESS AND PRIMITIVISM: CARBILLET AND THE BANDITS; SAVAGERY AND RESTRAINT: QUALIFYING SYRIAN REBEL VIOLENCE; SCIENTISM AND VIOLENCE: COLONIAL CALCULATIONS; ORDERING ARMIES: WAR IN THE LEVANT AND THE WAR OF BANDS; CONCLUSION; 5: Rebel Movements and the Great Revolt; STRAIGHT LINES AND SHORT CUTS: COLONIAL COLUMNS AND IRREGULAR REBELS; FROM COLONNE TO GENDARMERIE MOBILE: THE TRANSITION TO MOBILITY FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE: CARTOGRAPHY, RECONNAISSANCE AND INTELLIGENCECONCLUSION; 6: Urban Planning, Hygiene and Counter-Insurgency; DISCIPLINED SPACE: COUNTER-INSURGENCY, GARRISON TOWNS AND THE INVERTED SIEGE; GOVERNED SPACE: SÉCURITÉ, URBAN PLANNING AND COLONIAL HYGIENE; CONCLUSION; 7: Nomad Space: Securing the Desert; SECURING THE BEDU: POLICING AND GOVERNMENT IN THE DESERT; THE POLITICS OF EXPERTISE: CONSENT, COERCION AND THE COLONIAL ORDER; DRAWING LINES IN SAND: THE NOMAD AND THE SETTLED; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; THEORISING VIOLENCE, SPACE AND POWER IN FRENCH MANDATE SYRIA; Bibliography; 1. Archives2. Periodicals; 3. Books, Articles and Theses; Index Summary This rigorous study explores how French colonial violence during the Mandate laid the foundations for the modern state in Syria Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mandates -- Syria. Insurgency -- Syria -- History -- 20th century Power (Social sciences) -- Syria -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Syria -- History -- 20th century Social control -- Syria -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. Insurgency Mandates Political violence Power (Social sciences) Social control Mandatsgebiet Herrschaft SUBJECT Syria -- History -- French occupation, 1918-1946. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005519 Subject Syria Syrien Frankreich Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139525671 1139525670 9780511686856 0511686854 9781139530347 1139530348 1107435919 9781107435919

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