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James Gelvin on Syrian Nationalism

Divided Loyalties: Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of Empire
James L. Gelvin, University of California Press, 1998.

Two purposes: 1. to analyze Gelvin's critique of the existing model of Syrian historiography; 2. to critique Gelvin's methodology/approach.

Gelvin: "The purpose of this book...is an examination of contending constructions of nation and nationalism in early twentieth-century Syria and of the origins and early evolution of mass politics and popular nationalism in the same region." (p. 1)

( Introduction )

( Chapter 1 )

( Chapter 2 )

( Chapter 3 )

( Chapter 4 )

( Chapter 5 )

( Chapter 6 )