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Topic	Time period	Resource	Locations Covered
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