France & Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1914

Contents
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Foreword
Preface
Chapter One: The Maronites and the French Presence in the Ottoman Empire: The Background
Chapter Two: Sectarian Conflict and the International Settlement of 1860 - 1861
Chapter Three: Domestic and Foreign Challenges to Daud Pasha
Chapter Four: The 1864 Constitutional Revisions: The Origins of aSectarian Democracy
Chapter Five: French Policy in the Triumph and Failure of Daud Pasha
Chapter Six: Political Adjustments
Chapter Seven: The Redefinition of French Objectives after the Eastern Crisis of 1878
Chapter Eight: The Politics of Manipulation and Accommodation
Chapter Nine: Currents of Change at the Turn of the Century
Chapter Ten: Revolution and Reaction
Chapter Eleven: The 1912 Constitutional Revisions: Contradictions in French Imperial Objectives and Lebanese Aspirations
Chapter Twelve: Epilogue to World War 1 and the French Mandate
Bibliography
Index