Dangerous gifts : imperialism, security, and civil wars in the Levant, 1798-1864

Dangerous gifts imperialism, security, and civil wars in the Levant, 1798-1864

'Dangerous Gifts' is a text about the strategic, economic, legal, and religious undertones of Great Power interventions and violence in the Levant.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Özavcı, Hilmi Ozan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2021.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
Materias:
Great powers.
Security, International > Middle East > History > 19th century.
Civil war > Middle East > History > 19th century.
Eastern question.
Middle East > History > 19th century.
Middle East > Foreign relations.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Maps
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Historicizing the Eastern Question
  • Silence, Civil Wars, and Lives
  • PART I: AVANT LE MOT
  • 1: Crossing the Mediterranean
  • Defining the 'Eastern Question'
  • France and the Ottoman Empire
  • Preparation for the Egyptian Expedition
  • 2: The Circle of Justice and the Napoleonic Wars
  • The Circle of Justice
  • The Sultan's Bafflement
  • The Wrecked Victory
  • 3: The Chase in the Desert: Empires and Civil War in Egypt, 1801-1812
  • Ottoman Egypt before the Eastern Question
  • Useful Allies, Dangerous Enemies
  • The Tripartite Civil War
  • PART II: THE INVENTION OF THE EASTERN QUESTION
  • 4: A New Era?: The Vienna Order and the Ottoman World
  • The Eastern Question in the 1810s
  • A 'Humanitarian' Intervention: Navarino 1827
  • 5: Old Enemies: Cairo, Istanbul, and the Civil War of 1832-1833
  • Hüsrev and Mehmed Ali
  • 'The Civil War of Islamism'
  • 6: The Russian Peace in the Levant
  • The Russian Intervention: 'We Have Been Sick, You the Medicines'
  • Preaching to the Winds: The Disconcert of Europe and the Diplomatic Impasse
  • 7: An Unusual Quest for Revenge: Civilization, Commerce, and Reform
  • Civilization
  • Commerce and Security: A Capo d'Opera?
  • 'We Are Still Called Barbarians!'
  • 8: Return of the Ashes: The Concert of Europe and the 1840 Intervention
  • The Quadruple Alliance and France
  • The 1840 Intervention
  • PART III: THE MOUNTAIN
  • 9: Beginnings: Mount Lebanon before 1840
  • The Land of the Muqatadjis
  • When the Egyptians Came
  • 10: The Age of the Eastern Question
  • 'The Old Days Have Passed': The Civil War of 1841 and its Aftermath
  • The Racing Clouds: The Stand-Off and the Civil War of 1845.
  • 11: The Two Wars: Crimea and Mount Lebanon
  • The Crimean War and a Perilous Peace
  • Anno 1860: The Civil War in Mount Lebanon
  • 12: An Untimely Return of the Eastern Question?
  • Responsibility Towards Humanity: Thouvenel's Démarche
  • Against Intervention: Propaganda and Diplomacy
  • 13: Returning the Sense of Security: The International Commission on Syria
  • Reluctant Imperialists
  • Securing Hearts: Relief and Reparations
  • The Scapegoats? Retributive Justice and Règlement Organique
  • Epilogue
  • Select Bibliography
  • Archives and Frequently Cited Primary Sources
  • Periodicals
  • Published Primary Sources
  • Secondary Sources
  • Index.

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