University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 9-2013 The akM ing of Ras Beirut: A Landscape of Memory for Narratives of Exceptionalism Maria B. Abunnasr University of Massachusetts Amherst,
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[email protected]. “THE MAKING OF RAS BEIRUT: A LANDSCAPE OF MEMORY FOR NARRATIVES OF EXCEPTIONALISM, 1870- 1975.” A Dissertation Presented by MARIA B. ABUNNASR Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY September 2013 Department of History © Copyright by Maria B. Abunnasr 2013 All Rights Reserved “THE MAKING OF RAS BEIRUT: LANDSCAPE OF MEMORY FOR NARRATIVES OF EXCEPTIONALISM, 1870-1975” A Dissertation Presented By MARIA B. ABUNNASR Approved as to style and content by: ________________________________ Mary C. Wilson, Chair ________________________________ David H. Glassberg, Member ________________________________ Gerald W. McFarland, Member ________________________________ Neil A. Silberman, Outside Member __________________________________ Joye Bowman, Chair History Department DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated with love to my parents, Catherine and Munir; to my brother, Michael; to my sons, Zayn and Jad; and to my husband, Yaser.