38. Are there available statistical and basic general information about Lebanon, and what are they ?
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This article is from the Lebanon FAQ, by Alaa Dakroub dakroub@leb.net with numerous contributions by others.
38. Are there available statistical and basic general information about Lebanon, and what are they ?
Several files have been added to the Lebanon archives on rama.poly.edu
Forty Six files named:
leb01.gif
...
lebnn.gif
...
leb46.gif
consisting of 46 pages were scanned from:
Title: The Middle East and North Africa
Published by: Europa Publications Limited
Copyright: Europa Publications Limited 1993
Printed and bound: In England by "Staples Printers Limited" at the
Stanhope Press, Rochester, Kent, establishment.
Issued: In 1993.
The chapter concerning Lebanon is entitled :
"LEBANON: Physical and Social Geography"
edited by W. B. Fisher
The average size of each of these binary gif files is 250K.
The article treats the different aspects of the country.
It introduces the reader to its geography and economic life.
The article contains a somewhat detailed section about the history of
Lebanon, starting from the ancient history going through the Ottoman
period, and discussing the economic difficulties and constitutional
reforms in the early days of independence from the French occupation.
This particular section about the history of the country ends
with modern day Lebanon, highlighting the most recent civil war with
its inter-alliance fightings and the several Israeli invasions.
In addition, it deals with the circumstances and events leading up
to the Taef accord. The history section was revised by Fida Nasrallah.
The economic section (revised by Alan George) offers seven pages of treatment
of the subject from the early days of the country to the current situation.
The statistical survey section offers a good general idea of the country,
and thus is especially beneficial to people who were not previously
familiar with Lebanon, or those who have a recent interest in the country.
It also provides a diversified general look at the economy as well as the
social and political, institutional and constitutional structure of Lebanon.
A list of the different newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations currently
in operation is also provided. The addresses and phone numbers of the
Diplomatic representations in lebanon are listed in the Directory section
towards the end of the chapter.
A long list of bibliography is included which may prove helpful to people
interested in further researching the subject.
These files were scanned in GIF format and are NOT uuencoded so ftp 'ing
should be done in the image or binary form (type i for image before ftp'ing).
IMPORTANT NOTICE:******************************************
Due to the size of these files you are urged to download them at
a time that would not inconvenience other users of the archive server rama.
The files should thus ONLY be downloaded on weekends, or in evening
times between 5:00 pm and 8:00 am US Eastern Standard Time, which is GMT-5:00.
Individuals interested in viewing these files can use any of the available
utilities that can handle GIF files to view the document.
Note: xv, on unix, and PhotoFinish for MS windows are recommended choices
since both offer zooming in capabilities; this function does seem
to be more easily applicable in the latter option.
The screen gif document is a very legible form of the original document even
when viewed on a PC using a standard VGA monitor (640x480), although the
higher resolution monitors would certainly provide a better image quality of
the scanned document. There appeared no need for magnification (zooming in),
in terms of legibility, when each of the documents was viewed on a 19"
monitor using xv.
Due to the volume of these documents, a better solution might be
to print those documents rather than individually viewing them on the
screen. This procedure was tested on a postscript printer and the printed
copy is of fairly good quality. Depending on the type of printer used,
processing might be time consuming. In such a case, overnight batch jobs
do offer a reasonable alternative. A note of caution, when using
"xv" to convert the GIF files into PS files, the printed document was
illegible. However, using PhotoFinish to view the GIF files and selecting
"Print" to send the document to a PS printer resulted in a quality
very comparable to a photocopy of the originals.
This work is a result of the collaborative effort of several individuals:
Original Material: Rached Zantout <rzantout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Coordination: Basil Hamdan <bh437292@longs.lance.colostate.edu>
Archiving: Bassem Medawar <medawar@tasha.poly.edu>
Scanning: Samir M. Fahs <fahs@ecf.toronto.edu>
These files are available by ftp from:
rama.poly.edu
in directory:
/pub/scl/gif
filenames:
leb01.gif
lebnn.gif(nn here is a double digit variable integer counter from 1 to 46)
leb46.gif
lebfiles.msg
The file "lebfiles.msg" contains a description of the contents of the
of the lebnn.gif files.
Important Note: This file is to accompany the digitized material, or parts
thereof, at all times.
DISCLAIMER *************************************
This material has been digitally reproduced without permission for
non-commercial use. The intent of the archiving of this material is to
give ready and convenient access to the information included in this document
to people interested in Lebanon, or for research purposes. All other
uses of this document would be a breach of applicable copyright laws.
All rights reserved to: Europa Publications Limited and Staples Printers
Limited.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Here are two listings of general information about Lebanon, one is taken from
the CIA fact book and has information dated to 1992, the other is from another
database (Kaleidoscope) and has information dated to 1990.
DISCLAIMER *********
These were published "as is", with no editing on my part,so if anyone wishes to
disagree with the numbers or the information offered, please address your
grievances to the issuing agency, not me. By publishing these, I do not imply
that what is in them is "the" truth, however, I think that the information can
be of some use to someone interested in Lebanon. As always, one has to be
careful to not take everything one reads as god given or indisputable.
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