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Winning Lebanon Bythemid-twentiethcentury,youthmovementsaroundthegloberuled thestreets.InLebanon,youngpeopleinthesegroupsattendedlectures, sang songs, and participated in sporting events; their music tastes, clothingchoices,androutineactivitiesshapedtheiridentities.Yetscho- larsofmodernLebanonoftenfocusexclusivelyonthesectarianmakeup and violent behaviors of these sociopolitical groupings, obscuring the youthculturesthattheyforged.Usinguniquesourcestohighlightthe daily lives of the young men and women of Lebanon’s youth politics, DylanBaun tracesthe politicaland cultural historyof a diverseset of youth-centric organizations, from the 1920s to 1950s, to reveal how these youth movements played significant roles in the making of the modernMiddleEast. Outlininghowyouthmovementsestablishedadistincttypeofpolitics andpopulism,WinningLebanonrevealsthatthesegroupsbothencour- agedthepoliticalsocializationofdifferenttypesofyouth,and,through their attempts to “win” Lebanon – physically and metaphorically – aroundthe1958War,helpedproducesectarianviolence. DylanBaunisAssistantProfessorofModernMiddleEastandIslamic World History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the authorofnumerousarticlesonthehistoryofyouthandyoungpeoplein themodernMiddleEastinjournalsincludingtheArabStudiesJournal andInternationalJournalfortheHistoryofSport. Published online by Cambridge University Press CambridgeMiddleEastStudies EditorialBoard CharlesTripp(generaleditor) JuliaClancy-Smith F.GregoryGause YezidSayigh AviShlaim JudithE.Tucker CambridgeMiddleEastStudieshasbeenestablishedtopublishbooksonthe nineteenth- to twenty-first-century Middle East and North Africa. The series offers new and original interpretations of aspects of Middle Eastern societies and their histories. To achieve disciplinary diversity, books are solicited from authors writing in a wide range of fields including history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and political economy. The emphasis is on producingbooksaffordinganoriginalapproachalongtheoreticalandempirical lines.Theseriesisintendedforstudentsandacademics,butthemoreaccessible andwide-rangingstudieswillalsoappealtotheinterestedgeneralreader. Alistofbooksintheseriescanbefoundaftertheindex. Published online by Cambridge University Press Winning Lebanon Youth Politics, Populism, and the Production of Sectarian Violence, 1920–1958 Dylan Baun UniversityofAlabamainHuntsville Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108491525 DOI:10.1017/9781108863230 ©DylanBaun2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Baun,Dylan,1986–author. Title: Winning Lebanon : youth politics, populism, and the production of sectarianviolence,1920–1958/DylanBaun,UniversityofAlabamainHuntsville. Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. | Series: Cambridge Middle East studies | Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers: LCCN 2020015214 | ISBN 9781108491525 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108863230(epub) Subjects:LCSH:Youth–Politicalactivity–Lebanon–History–20thcentury.| Politicalviolence–Lebanon–History–20thcentury. Classification:LCCHQ799.9.P6B382020|DDC303.60835–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020015214 ISBN978-1-108-49152-5Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press Winning Lebanon Bythemid-twentiethcentury,youthmovementsaroundthegloberuled thestreets.InLebanon,youngpeopleinthesegroupsattendedlectures, sang songs, and participated in sporting events; their music tastes, clothingchoices,androutineactivitiesshapedtheiridentities.Yetscho- larsofmodernLebanonoftenfocusexclusivelyonthesectarianmakeup and violent behaviors of these sociopolitical groupings, obscuring the youthculturesthattheyforged.Usinguniquesourcestohighlightthe daily lives of the young men and women of Lebanon’s youth politics, DylanBaun tracesthe politicaland cultural historyof a diverseset of youth-centric organizations, from the 1920s to 1950s, to reveal how these youth movements played significant roles in the making of the modernMiddleEast. Outlininghowyouthmovementsestablishedadistincttypeofpolitics andpopulism,WinningLebanonrevealsthatthesegroupsbothencour- agedthepoliticalsocializationofdifferenttypesofyouth,and,through their attempts to “win” Lebanon – physically and metaphorically – aroundthe1958War,helpedproducesectarianviolence. DylanBaunisAssistantProfessorofModernMiddleEastandIslamic World History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the authorofnumerousarticlesonthehistoryofyouthandyoungpeoplein themodernMiddleEastinjournalsincludingtheArabStudiesJournal andInternationalJournalfortheHistoryofSport. Published online by Cambridge University Press CambridgeMiddleEastStudies EditorialBoard CharlesTripp(generaleditor) JuliaClancy-Smith F.GregoryGause YezidSayigh AviShlaim JudithE.Tucker CambridgeMiddleEastStudieshasbeenestablishedtopublishbooksonthe nineteenth- to twenty-first-century Middle East and North Africa. The series offers new and original interpretations of aspects of Middle Eastern societies and their histories. To achieve disciplinary diversity, books are solicited from authors writing in a wide range of fields including history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and political economy. The emphasis is on producingbooksaffordinganoriginalapproachalongtheoreticalandempirical lines.Theseriesisintendedforstudentsandacademics,butthemoreaccessible andwide-rangingstudieswillalsoappealtotheinterestedgeneralreader. Alistofbooksintheseriescanbefoundaftertheindex. Published online by Cambridge University Press Winning Lebanon Youth Politics, Populism, and the Production of Sectarian Violence, 1920–1958 Dylan Baun UniversityofAlabamainHuntsville Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108491525 DOI:10.1017/9781108863230 ©DylanBaun2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Baun,Dylan,1986–author. Title: Winning Lebanon : youth politics, populism, and the production of sectarianviolence,1920–1958/DylanBaun,UniversityofAlabamainHuntsville. Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. | Series: Cambridge Middle East studies | Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers: LCCN 2020015214 | ISBN 9781108491525 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108863230(epub) Subjects:LCSH:Youth–Politicalactivity–Lebanon–History–20thcentury.| Politicalviolence–Lebanon–History–20thcentury. Classification:LCCHQ799.9.P6B382020|DDC303.60835–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020015214 ISBN978-1-108-49152-5Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press Winning Lebanon Bythemid-twentiethcentury,youthmovementsaroundthegloberuled thestreets.InLebanon,youngpeopleinthesegroupsattendedlectures, sang songs, and participated in sporting events; their music tastes, clothingchoices,androutineactivitiesshapedtheiridentities.Yetscho- larsofmodernLebanonoftenfocusexclusivelyonthesectarianmakeup and violent behaviors of these sociopolitical groupings, obscuring the youthculturesthattheyforged.Usinguniquesourcestohighlightthe daily lives of the young men and women of Lebanon’s youth politics, DylanBaun tracesthe politicaland cultural historyof a diverseset of youth-centric organizations, from the 1920s to 1950s, to reveal how these youth movements played significant roles in the making of the modernMiddleEast. Outlininghowyouthmovementsestablishedadistincttypeofpolitics andpopulism,WinningLebanonrevealsthatthesegroupsbothencour- agedthepoliticalsocializationofdifferenttypesofyouth,and,through their attempts to “win” Lebanon – physically and metaphorically – aroundthe1958War,helpedproducesectarianviolence. DylanBaunisAssistantProfessorofModernMiddleEastandIslamic World History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the authorofnumerousarticlesonthehistoryofyouthandyoungpeoplein themodernMiddleEastinjournalsincludingtheArabStudiesJournal andInternationalJournalfortheHistoryofSport. Published online by Cambridge University Press CambridgeMiddleEastStudies EditorialBoard CharlesTripp(generaleditor) JuliaClancy-Smith F.GregoryGause YezidSayigh AviShlaim JudithE.Tucker CambridgeMiddleEastStudieshasbeenestablishedtopublishbooksonthe nineteenth- to twenty-first-century Middle East and North Africa. The series offers new and original interpretations of aspects of Middle Eastern societies and their histories. To achieve disciplinary diversity, books are solicited from authors writing in a wide range of fields including history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and political economy. The emphasis is on producingbooksaffordinganoriginalapproachalongtheoreticalandempirical lines.Theseriesisintendedforstudentsandacademics,butthemoreaccessible andwide-rangingstudieswillalsoappealtotheinterestedgeneralreader. Alistofbooksintheseriescanbefoundaftertheindex. Published online by Cambridge University Press
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