Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Transliteration
• 1. Introduction
  • Greater Syria and Ottoman Rule
  • Ottoman Reform
  • The Great Syrian Revolt
  • Contrasting Narratives
  • Theorizing Insurgent and National Consciousness
  • Sources
• 2. The Hawrân Frontier
  • Settling the Frontier
  • Rural Autonomy and Commercial Integration
  • Assimilating the Countryside: Education and the Army
  • The Arab Revolt and the Hawrân Druze
• 3. Mobilizing the Mountain
  • Claiming the Mandate
  • Governing Jabal Hawrân
  • Organizing for Resistance
• 4. Mobilizing the City
  • Damascus
  • The People's Party
  • Making Contact with the Countryside
  • Hawrân Peace Negotiations
• 5. The Spread of Rebellion
  • Urban Agitation
  • Rebellion in Hamâh
  • Rebellion in Damascus
• 6. The Politics of Rebellion
  • Insurgents in the Countryside of Damascus
  • Elite Politics and Mandate Counterinsurgency
  • Military Suppression and Mandate Counterinsurgency
  • Debating Rebellion
• 7. Epilogue and Conclusions
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusions
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Promotional Information

A history of the largest and longest-lasting people's revolt in the Arab East, which attempted to liberate Syria from French rule in 1925.

About the Author

Michael Provence is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

Reviews

"I am convinced that Provence's book will be a significant contribution to the literature on popular rebellions in the Arab world." Philip S. Khoury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945