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* [https://eap.bl.uk/ British Library - Endangered Archives Program] - collection of digitized historical documents from around the world | |||
* [https://hmml.org/collections/repositories/#country Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML)] - database of historical records searchable by country, many of them religious documents from Christian communities in the Middle East | * [https://hmml.org/collections/repositories/#country Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML)] - database of historical records searchable by country, many of them religious documents from Christian communities in the Middle East | ||
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Resources[edit | edit source]
- British Library - Endangered Archives Program - collection of digitized historical documents from around the world
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) - database of historical records searchable by country, many of them religious documents from Christian communities in the Middle East
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Topic | Time period | Resource | Locations Covered |
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Social life and customs, Family, History | 1770-1840 | Meriwether, Margaret L. Kin who count: Family and society in Ottoman Aleppo 1770-1840. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1999 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Classes | Salamandra, Christa. A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria. Indiana University Press, 2004 | Syria | |
Social life and customs, Religion | Kennedy, Hugh. FROM POLIS TO MADINA: URBAN CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY ISLAMIC SYRIA. Past & Present, 1985 | Syria | |
Social life and customs, Religion | 19th Century | Commins, David Dean. Islamic Reform: Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria. Oxford University Press, 1990 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Politics | 1946-1970 | Heydemann, Steven. Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946-1970. Cornell University Press, 1999 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Politics | 1920-1945 | Khoury, Philip Shukry. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press, 1987 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Politics | Modern | Baczko, Adam; Dorronsoro, Gilles; Quesnay, Arthur. Civil War in Syria: Mobilization and Competing Social Orders. Cambridge University Press, 2017 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Politics, Travel | 1783, 1784, and 1785 | Volney, Constantin-François. Travels Through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785: Containing the Present Natural and Political State of Those Countries, Their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Dublin, 1793 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Politics | Hann, C. M.; Dunn, Elizabeth. Civil Society: Challenging Western Models. Routledge, 1996 | Syria | |
Social life and customs, Politics | Leenders, Reinoud. Social Movement Theory and the Onset of the Popular Uprising in Syria. Pluto Journals, 2013 | Syria | |
Social life and customs, Religion, Cuisine, Fashion, Music | Modern | Shoup, John A. Culture and customs of Syria. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2008 | Syria |
Social life and customs, History | to 333 B.C. | Niehr, Herbert. The Aramaeans in ancient Syria. Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2014 | Syria |
Social life and customs, History, Religion | 333 B.C. to 634 A.D. | Dijkstra, Klaas. Life and loyalty: a study of the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Greco-Roman period. Groningen: [publisher not identified], 1992 | Syria, Iraq |
Social life and customs, Travel, Women | Modern | World Trade Press. Syria. Petaluma, Calif.: World Trade Press, 2010 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Guidebooks, Etiquette | Modern | Standish, Sarah. Syria. London: Kuperard, 2010 | Syria |
Social life and customs, History | Modern | Shannon, Jonathan Holt. Among the jasmine trees: music and modernity in contemporary Syria. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2009 | Syria |
Social life and customs, Religion | Luke, Harry Charles. Prophets, priests and patriarchs: sketches of the sects of Palestine and Syria. London, 1927 | Syria, Jerusalem, Palestine |