ACLS Humanities E-Book: Amal and the Shiʻa: struggle for the soul of Lebanon

Amal and the Shiʻa: struggle for the soul of Lebanon

Norton, Augustus R.

Year: 1987.

Publisher: University of Texas Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 The Sources and Meaning of Change among the Shi'a of Lebanon

3 The Political Mobilization of the Shi'a

4 The End of a "Natural Alliance"

5 Contradiction versus Consistency in Amal's Politics

6 The Israeli Invasion and Its Aftermath

7 Making Enemies in South Lebanon

8 Sectarian Estrangement and Social Fragmentation

Appendix A The Charter of the Amal Movement

Appendix B Text of Open Letter Addressed by Hizb Allah to the Downtrodden in Lebanon and in the World

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

Amal and the Shiʻa : struggle for the soul of Lebanon by Augustus Richard Norton ; foreword by Leonard Binder.

Author:

Norton, Augustus R

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2008
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Source Version:

Amal and the Shiʻa : struggle for the soul of Lebanon by Augustus Richard Norton ; foreword by Leonard Binder.
Norton, Augustus R
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00925

Subject Headings:

• Shiites -- Lebanon -- Politics and government
• Amal (Movement)
• Islam and politics -- Lebanon
• Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 1975-1990

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• Includes index.
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