Kristen Alff is Assistant Professor of History and International Studies at North Carolina State University.

"Foregrounding the multiple forms of resistance to patriarchy and exploitation,Violent Interests is a major contribution to understanding the process of state-making and social transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Kristen Alff's attention to how this region was embedded in the global economy makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism. A groundbreaking work." —Muriam Haleh Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz "Kristen Alff has written one of the more thoughtful accounts of capitalism in the Middle East that I've read. Violent Interests strikes a difficult balance between theoretical sophistication and textured analysis, and its grounding in the archives, histories, and fortunes of the Sursuq family make it all the more compelling. —Fahad Ahmad Bishara, University of Virginia

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration, Dates, and MeasuresCast of CharactersIntroduction1. Big Business in Beirut2. Boom Times3. Gendering the Joint-Stock Company4. Transforming Land and Labor5. Scales of Violence6. Unsettling Property and StateConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Kristen Alff is Assistant Professor of History and International Studies at North Carolina State University.

"Foregrounding the multiple forms of resistance to patriarchy and exploitation,Violent Interests is a major contribution to understanding the process of state-making and social transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Kristen Alff's attention to how this region was embedded in the global economy makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism. A groundbreaking work." —Muriam Haleh Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz "Kristen Alff has written one of the more thoughtful accounts of capitalism in the Middle East that I've read. Violent Interests strikes a difficult balance between theoretical sophistication and textured analysis, and its grounding in the archives, histories, and fortunes of the Sursuq family make it all the more compelling. —Fahad Ahmad Bishara, University of Virginia

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration, Dates, and MeasuresCast of CharactersIntroduction1. Big Business in Beirut2. Boom Times3. Gendering the Joint-Stock Company4. Transforming Land and Labor5. Scales of Violence6. Unsettling Property and StateConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Kristen Alff is Assistant Professor of History and International Studies at North Carolina State University.

"Foregrounding the multiple forms of resistance to patriarchy and exploitation,Violent Interests is a major contribution to understanding the process of state-making and social transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Kristen Alff's attention to how this region was embedded in the global economy makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism. A groundbreaking work." —Muriam Haleh Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz "Kristen Alff has written one of the more thoughtful accounts of capitalism in the Middle East that I've read. Violent Interests strikes a difficult balance between theoretical sophistication and textured analysis, and its grounding in the archives, histories, and fortunes of the Sursuq family make it all the more compelling. —Fahad Ahmad Bishara, University of Virginia

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration, Dates, and MeasuresCast of CharactersIntroduction1. Big Business in Beirut2. Boom Times3. Gendering the Joint-Stock Company4. Transforming Land and Labor5. Scales of Violence6. Unsettling Property and StateConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex