Books by Michael Humphrey

An account of the Lebanese diaspora. It describes how Lebanese migrants have created their households, organized reciprocity in family life, formed urban communities, become workers, defined sectarian identities, transmitted religious cultures, and established Islamic institutions.

Examining contemporary political violence and atrocity in the context of the crisis of the nation-state, this volume explores the way violence is used to unmake the social world and how its product, suffering, is used to try to remake the social world.