Syrie

1989 — Very Good Arabic Paperback. Small 4to. (26 x 18 cm). Text is entirely in Arabic with bilingual title in English and Arabic on cover. 16 p. [Off-print] Research report on urbanism in Islam (Monograph Series No. 3):1) The social forces in the Arab-Syrian cities in the 19th century: The latest period of the Ottoman rule. 2) Stages in formation and development of the social forces in the Syrian cities in the present period. [COMPLETELY ARABIC]. Abdullah Hanna was born in the Syrian village of Deir Attiyah in 1932, and earned a PhD in history from the University of Leipzig in 1965. Blocked from Syrian academia due to his political leanings, Hanna instead became an instructor in Syrian secondary schools. He became a specialist on agrarian history and labour movements in Syria. His works, published in Arabic, include books on intellectual trends in Syria and Lebanon; the Syrian and Lebanese labour movements; anti-fascism in Syria and Lebanon; the agrarian question in Syria and Lebanon; and obstacles to the transition to capitalism. (Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies). Delivered at the Seminar Research Group D: Cities andstructures of power, October 15, 1988. Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies, Kansai University.