Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. MAP 1. Ottoman Greater Syria, 1888 To World War I viii
4. MAP 2. Railroads In Greater Syria, 1914 ix
5. MAP 3. Greater Syria In The Mandate Period x
6. Introduction 1
7. PRELUDE 1. Khalil Sakakini Has A Dream 28
8. 1. Rise Of An Urban Patchwork Region 1830S–1914 34
9. PRELUDE 2. Rafiq Al-Tamimi And Muhammad Bahjat Make A Tour 92
10. 2. Crucible Of War 1914–1918 96
11. PRELUDE 3. Alfred Sursock Keeps Busy 124
12. 3. Ottoman Twilight 1918–1929 132
13. PRELUDE 4. Hauranis Migrate To Palestine 192
14. 4. Toward A Region Of Nation-States 1929–1939 200
15. PRELUDE 5. Eliahu Rabino’S War 266
16. 5. Empire Redux 1939–1945 272
17. Postscript: The More Things Change 1945–2017 315
18. Conclusion 327
19. Abbreviations 349
20. Notes 351
21. Acknowledgments 469
22. Index 473