The long peace : Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920 / Engin Deniz Akarli.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 288 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520913080
- 0520913086
- 0585071934
- 9780585071930
- 9780520080140
- 0520080149
- 956.92/034 20
- DS84 .A35 1993eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.
The road to a special regime in Mount Lebanon -- Geography -- The people -- Politics -- Winds of change -- International rivalries and sectarian strife -- The new regime -- Ottoman policy and power relations in Mount Lebanon, 1861-1892 -- The formative period, 1861-1873 -- Rustem Pasha, 1873-1883 -- Vasa Pasha, 1883-1892 -- Ottoman policy and power relations in Mount Lebanon, 1892-1915 -- Naum Pasha, 1892-1902 -- Muzaffer Pasha, 1902-1907 -- Yusuf Pasha and Ohannes Pasha, 1907-1915 -- The administrative council -- Composition and duties of the council -- The council's weapon: its right to veto tax increases -- Elections and politics in the mountain -- The council as the representative of Lebanese -- Taxation and fiscal administration -- Taxation under the Reglement -- Basic sources of revenue -- Additional sources of revenue -- The 1913-14 budget, mutiny and fiscal autonomy -- Judicial organization as a mechanism of social consolidation -- The court system.
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