This unique primary source reader provides first-hand accounts of the events described in Middle Eastern history survey texts. The text is organized into ten chapters featuring chapter introductions a
Khater (Middle East studies and Lebanese-American studies, North Carolina State U.) examines the politics of gender and religion within the Maronite and Roman Catholic Churches during the 18th century
Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry
