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| Place of Publication | Oxford, England : |
| Publisher's Name | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of Publication | 2010 |
| Extent | vii, 276p. |
| Other Details | list of abbreviations, bibliography, footnotes, indexed |
| Series Responsibility - Corporate | The British Academy |
| Series Statement Title | A British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monograph |
| Item Descriptor | Asking fundamental questions about the political impact of cultural institutions by exploring the power strugles for control over such institutions in Syria and Lebanon under French Mandate rule |
| Formatted Content Note | Sections include - Introduction; Language and learning in a splintered society - introduction; Fractured messages in a common tongue- France's educational emissaries; Treating with the 'Infidel' - education and negotiation in Syria; An enduring dilemma - teaching national identity in Lebanon; Foreign threats to the status quo - introduction; The axis factor - fascist overtures; Artists and educators at war - Franco-British competition for the limelight; Rivalries redoubled - Americans in the Levant; Jamboree! - introduction; Scout's honour - contending for loyalty among the youth; For my country - scouting as a national movement; and Conclusion |
| Level Content-Audience | Undergraduate |
| Subject Entry | Cultural fusion - Syria Cultural fusion - Lebanon Syria - History Lebanon - History Syria - Civilisation Lebanon - Civilisation |
| Item Record | Status | Return | Accession No. |
| 1. Main | Normal | Available | A0045528 |