This text uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
This book uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
This text uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? The author uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
Shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'Through close attention to what changed in French-mandate Syria, and what those changes entailed, Benjamin White argues for a careful reappraisal of the term 'minority'. Withi…