The City and the Mountain
Beirut's Political Radius in the Nineteenth Century as Revealed in the Crisis of 1860
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leila Fawaz (Tufts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489-495 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002074380002852x |
| OpenAlex | W2325074399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the course of the nineteenth century, the relationship between Beirut and Mount Lebanon underwent important changes that have affected Lebanon's political life up to the present day. The city and the countryside had always been to some extent mutually dependent. They became more closely tied in response to the economic and political transformation of the region in the age of European penetration. This growing interdependence increasingly took the form of Beirut's ascendancy over the Mountain. While in earlier centuries it was the Mountain which had extended its sway over the city, in the nineteenth century the process was reversed. But Beirut's triumph as the dominant partner in the relationship was not an unmixed blessing: While bringing prosperity to the city, it also transferred to Beirut many of the unresolved tensions of the Mountain, preparing the way for the city's sectarian rivalries and tensions in more recent times
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2012 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |