Past and Present in Local Histories of the Ottoman Period from Syria and Lebanon. From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: REILLY, JAMES A. | COPYRIGHT 1999 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Seven local histories written by Syrians and Lebanese during the last quarter century integrate society, economic conditions and culture into historical writing. The writers use local history to explore community, identity and political organization and show the link between historical writing and present-day concerns.

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. What animates such appeals is not only disagreement about what happened...

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