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Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East

Benjamin Thomas White
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      This book shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of World War One, the term became fundamental to public understandings of national and international politics, law, and society. Minorities (and majorities too) were taken to be an objective reality, both in the present and the past. Benjamin White uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Through close attention to what changed in French-mandate Syria, and what those changes meant, White argues for a careful reappraisal of a term too often used as an objective description of reality.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Benjamin Thomas White EAN: 9780748685400 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 395 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-09-10 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Syria, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

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      Benjamin Thomas White is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham.
      This book shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of World War One, the term became fundamental to public understandings of national and international politics, law, and society. Minorities (and majorities too) were taken to be an objective reality, both in the present and the past. Benjamin White uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Through close attention to what changed in French-mandate Syria, and what those changes meant, White argues for a careful reappraisal of a term too often used as an objective description of reality.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Benjamin Thomas White EAN: 9780748685400 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 395 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-09-10 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Syria, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

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      Benjamin Thomas White is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham.

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