Introduction: classical perceptions of 'Alawism, nomenclaturism and dissimulation sources and argument
1. The Nusayris in medieval Syria: from religious sect to confessional community (tenth-twelfth centuries CE)
2. Beyond the mountain refuge: 'Alawism and the Sunni state (thirteenth-fifteenth centuries)
3. Survey and punish: the 'Alawis' integration into the Ottoman Empire (1516-1645)
4. The age of autonomy: 'Alawi notables as Ottoman tax farmers (1667-1808)
5. Imperial reform and internal colonization: 'Alawi society in the face of modernity (1808-1888)
6. Not yet nationals: Arabism, Kemalism and the Alaouites (1888-1936)
