Lords of the Lebanese Marches by Michael Gilsenan ISBN 13: 9781850430995

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

I.B. Tauris, 12/31/1995. Paperback. Used; Very Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1996. 1st paperback. Softcover. Very Good/None. 377 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. In great shape. Looks at relations between different forms of power, violence and hierarchy in Akkar, the northernmost province of Lebanon, during the 1970's. Record # 31902

I. B. Tauris, 2003-09-06. Paperback. Good.

London: I.B. Tauris. 388pp paperback, illustrated, very good (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East) . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1995.

I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2003. Paperback. New. 388 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. A study of how feudalism works in a contemporary Arab society, examining the hierarchy of Lebanese warlords. The book shows how the warlords have adapted to changing economic conditions in Lebanon, and examines the nature of competition between them, and how they control elections.

I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2003. Paperback. New. 388 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 1996. 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Contents: Part 1. The rule of the lords from the snow to the sea. Figures in a landscape: one; Figures in a landscape: two; Contexts and contests -- Part 2. State and local narratives. Narratives, powers, persons; Fathomless ocean; Precarious archaism; Underdeveloped periphery -- Part 3. The weight of the ancestors. Famine and memory; Fellahin and famine -- Part 4. Marvellous stories, dirty deeds. Gallous story or dirty deed; Marching in the wrong direction; Joking, play and pressure; The perils of display; A killing in the street -- Part 5. Imperatives of work. The challenge of work and wages; Horsemen on tractors -- Coda: The roses of… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.