Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski
Part I. Narrativity I: Mechanics of Historiography: How Academics Construct Nationalist History
1. Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920–1945: Old and New Narratives, by Israel Gershoni
2. The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections, by Fred Halliday
3. The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case, by Gabriel Piterberg
Part II. Narrativity II: Mechanics of Ideology: How Nationalists Construct Nationalist History
4. The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered, by William L. Cleveland
5. The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq Durgaing the Interwar Period, 1921–1941, by Reeva S. Simon
6. Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman, by Beth Baron
Part III. Discursive Competitions: The Interplay of Rival Nationalist Visions
7. Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922–1952, by Donald M. Reid
8. Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952–1958, by James Jankowski
Part IV. Polycentrism
9. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917–1923, by Rashid Khalidi
10. The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities, by Musa Budeiri
11. Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence, by Emmanuel Sivan
Part V. Nationalist Diffusion from the Bottom Up: Other Voices
12. The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts, by James L. Gelvin
13. Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below, by Zachary Lockman
14. The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited, by Philip S. Khoury
Notes
Glossary of Arabic Terms
Works Cited in the Text
Contributors
Index