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The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon

The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon Author(s): Ussama Makdisi Format: Book

Guess what - them X-ians & Muslims & Druze haven't been at each other's throats since "time immemorial". Sectarianism started in the mid-19th century and is a modern phenomenon.

Posted by raf* at March 7, 2006 07:30 PM
Filed Under: 18th - 20th century , Levant , Ottoman Empire

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