Gelvin, James L.
Divided Loyalties : Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of Empire
Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, 1998. orig.boards. 24x15cm, ix,335 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG.
¶ This is a perspective on the topic of nationalism in the Arab Middle East.The text details the role played by non-elites in nationalist politics during the early part of the 20th century. The book documents the appearance of a new form of political organization - the popular committee - that sprang up in cities and villages throughout greater Syria in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Gelvin recounts this period, examines nationalist politics as a mass phenomenon and offers a view of nation and nationalism that informs the politics of the region today" - Publisher's description.

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Keywords: Modern Syria, Political History, Levant, Middle East, Nationalism, Nationalist, Colonial, National Politics, Mandate Mandates, Elite Sociology