A scholar of Islam and a historian of the Middle East synthesize more than a decade of research into the intellectual, sociopolitical, and economic history of Lebanon, including field work there between 2005 and 2009. They cover the Shi'ites and Grand Liban; education, modernism, and anti-colonial struggle; communists in the 'Ulama's homes; the Shi'ite communist, the clerical movement, and the Islamists in Iraq; Shi'ite discontent; political Islam and the formation of Hizbullah; the Islamists and civil society; and the Islamists, modernity, and the predicament of the nation-state. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)