99. Archives and Sources for Modern Lebanese History
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Citation: "Approaching Lebanese History: Archives and Sources for Modern Lebanese History," Graham Pitts and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 99 (March, 30 2013) http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/03/lebanon-archive-sources-modern-mandate.html.
Archives Covered
Egyptian National Library and Archives (sites are currently down), Cairo (map)
Lebanese National Archives / Beirut (map)
American University / Beirut (map)
Maronite Catholic Patriarchate Archives / Bkerké, Lebanon
Başbakanlık Ottoman Archives / Istanbul (map) / Catalog
French Diplomatic Archives / Paris (map)
French Diplomatic Archives / Nantes (map)
British National Archives / Kew, UK (map)
US National Archives / College Park, MD (map)
Select Bibliography
Akarli, Engin. The Long Peace: Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920. University of California Press, 1993.
Faroqhi, Suraiya. Approaching Ottoman history: an introduction to the sources. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Firro, Kais. Inventing Lebanon: nationalism and the State under the Mandate. Vol. 6. IB Tauris, 2003.
Khater, Akram F. Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. University of California Press, 2001.
Labelle Jr, Maurice M. Traces of empire| Decolonization and the United States in Lebanon, 1941--1967. Diss. THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, 2012.
Méouchy, Nadine, and Peter Sluglett. The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives (Les Mandats Francais Et Anglais Dans Une Perspective Comparative). Vol. 93. Brill Academic Pub, 2004.
Mikdashi, Maya. "Essential Readings: Lebanon," Jadaliyya. [http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4926/essential-readings_reading-lebanon]
Sbaiti, Nadya, and Sara Scalenghe. "Essays - Conducting Research in Lebanon: an Overview of Historical Sources Outside of Beirut (part Ii)." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 38.2 (2004): 187
Scalenghe, Sara, and Nadya Sbalti. "Essays and Mesa 2002 - Conducting Research in Lebanon: an Overview of Historical Sources in Beirut (part I)." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 37.1 (2003): 68
Slim, Souad Abou el-Rousse. Le métayage et l'impôt au Mont-Liban: XVIIIe et XIXe siècles. Dar el-Machreq, 1987.
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| Bsherreh from Wadi Kadesha Source: American Colony c1900-1920 (Library of Congress) |
Even when writing the history of a particular geographical space, historians often find themselves circling the globe in search of new source material for research. This may be especially true for historians of Lebanon, whose archival sources are spread throughout various libraries in Lebanon, the Middle East and the West. In this episode, Graham Pitts shares his own research experience and discusses some of the different sources and archives available to scholars working on the history of modern Lebanon.
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Graham Pitts is a PhD candidate at Georgetown University focusing on Middle East environmental history
Chris Gratien is a PhD candidate studying the history of the modern Middle East at Georgetown University (see academia.edu)
Citation: "Approaching Lebanese History: Archives and Sources for Modern Lebanese History," Graham Pitts and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 99 (March, 30 2013) http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/03/lebanon-archive-sources-modern-mandate.html.
Archives Covered
Egyptian National Library and Archives (sites are currently down), Cairo (map)
Lebanese National Archives / Beirut (map)
American University / Beirut (map)
Maronite Catholic Patriarchate Archives / Bkerké, Lebanon
Başbakanlık Ottoman Archives / Istanbul (map) / Catalog
French Diplomatic Archives / Paris (map)
French Diplomatic Archives / Nantes (map)
British National Archives / Kew, UK (map)
US National Archives / College Park, MD (map)
Select Bibliography
Akarli, Engin. The Long Peace: Ottoman Lebanon, 1861-1920. University of California Press, 1993.
Faroqhi, Suraiya. Approaching Ottoman history: an introduction to the sources. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Firro, Kais. Inventing Lebanon: nationalism and the State under the Mandate. Vol. 6. IB Tauris, 2003.
Khater, Akram F. Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. University of California Press, 2001.
Labelle Jr, Maurice M. Traces of empire| Decolonization and the United States in Lebanon, 1941--1967. Diss. THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, 2012.
Méouchy, Nadine, and Peter Sluglett. The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives (Les Mandats Francais Et Anglais Dans Une Perspective Comparative). Vol. 93. Brill Academic Pub, 2004.
Mikdashi, Maya. "Essential Readings: Lebanon," Jadaliyya. [http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4926/essential-readings_reading-lebanon]
Sbaiti, Nadya, and Sara Scalenghe. "Essays - Conducting Research in Lebanon: an Overview of Historical Sources Outside of Beirut (part Ii)." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 38.2 (2004): 187
Scalenghe, Sara, and Nadya Sbalti. "Essays and Mesa 2002 - Conducting Research in Lebanon: an Overview of Historical Sources in Beirut (part I)." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 37.1 (2003): 68
Slim, Souad Abou el-Rousse. Le métayage et l'impôt au Mont-Liban: XVIIIe et XIXe siècles. Dar el-Machreq, 1987.