TY - BOOK AU - Provence, Michael TI - The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism SN - 9780292706804 AV - DS98.P76 2005 U1 - 956.91O4'1 PY - 2005/// PB - University of Texas Press; KW - DS92-99 History of Asia- Syria KW - Anti-colonial movements حركات ضد الاستعمار KW - French colonialism الاستعمار الفرنسي KW - Syria سوريا N2 - The history of the greatest anticolonial revolt in inter-war Arab East in 1925, that mobilized peasants, workers and army veterans ratherthan urban elites and nationalist intellectuals. Thought it failed to liberate Syria from the French colonialists, it provided a model of popular nationalism and resistance that remains potent to this day, and has been practically emulated in every subsequent Arab uprising against foreign intervention. ER -