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- catalog abstract "Annotation Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. "Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, shedding much needed light on the impact of emigration and immigration in the development of modernity. It focuses on a critical period in the social history of Lebanon--the "long peace" between the uprising of 1860 and the beginning of the French mandate in 1920. The book explores in depth the phenomena of return emigration, the questioning and changing of gender roles, and the rise of the middle class. Exploring new areas in the history of Lebanon, "Inventing Home asks how new notions of gender, family, and class were articulated and how a local "modernity" was invented in the process. Akram Khater maps the jagged and uncertain paths that the fellahin from Mount Lebanon carved through time and space in their attempt to control their future and their destinies. His study offers a significant contribution to the literature on the Middle East, as well as a new perspective on women and on gender issues in the context of developing modernity in the region.".
- catalog contributor b12306922.
- catalog coverage "Lebanon Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Annotation Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. "Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, shedding much needed light on the impact of emigration and immigration in the development of modernity. It focuses on a critical period in the social history of Lebanon--the "long peace" between the uprising of 1860 and the beginning of the French mandate in 1920. The book explores in depth the phenomena of return emigration, the questioning and changing of gender roles, and the rise of the middle class. Exploring new areas in the history of Lebanon, "Inventing Home asks how new notions of gender, family, and class were articulated and how a local "modernity" was invented in the process. Akram Khater maps the jagged and uncertain paths that the fellahin from Mount Lebanon carved through time and space in their attempt to control their future and their destinies. His study offers a significant contribution to the literature on the Middle East, as well as a new perspective on women and on gender issues in the context of developing modernity in the region.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-246) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 257 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Inventing home.".
- catalog identifier "0520227395 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520227409 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Inventing home.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog relation "Inventing home.".
- catalog spatial "Lebanon Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog spatial "Lebanon".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.5/965692/09034 21".
- catalog subject "JV8748 .K53 2001".
- catalog subject "Lebanese United States History.".
- catalog subject "Middle class Lebanon History.".
- catalog subject "Return migration Lebanon History.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Lebanon History.".
- catalog title "Inventing home : emigration, gender, and the middle class in Lebanon, 1870-1920 / Akram Fouad Khater.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".