ISBN-10:
0231105150
ISBN-13:
9780231105156
Pub. Date:
03/22/1997
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness / Edition 1

Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness / Edition 1

by Rashid Khalidi

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Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness / Edition 1

Khalidi critically assesses the narratives that make up Palestinian history and identity and examines the ways in which the Palestinian national consciousness has come full circle.

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ISBN-13: 9780231105156
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 03/22/1997
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Rashid Khalidi is Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He is also the author of Under Siege: P. L.O. Decisionmaking Durgaing the 1982 War, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, and Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East, and coeditor of The Origins of Arab Nationalism.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction to the 2010 Reissue xvii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Contrasting Narratives of Palestinian Identity 9

Chapter 3 Cultural Life and Identity in Late Ottoman Palestine: The Place of Jerusalem 35

Chapter 4 Competing and Overlapping Loyalties in Ottoman Jerusalem 63

Chapter 5 Elements of Identity I: Peasant Resistance to Zionist Settlement 89

Chapter 6 Elements of Identity II: The Debate on Zionism in the Arabic Press 119

Chapter 7 The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917-1923 145

Chapter 8 The "Disappearance" and Reemergence of Palestinian Identity 177

Notes 211

Bibliography 267

Index 287

What People are Saying About This

Edward Said

Rashid Khalidi's massive study of the construction of Palestinian national identity is a pathbreaking work of major importance. It is the first book to work from the premise that such an identity does in fact exist and then proceeds to uncover its overlapping layers, historical phases, and tragic setbacks with a complete mastery of the relevant literature in Arabic, Hebrew, and Western sources. This is an essential book for anyone trying to understand the Byzantine complexities and background of the flawed Middle East peace process.... Extremely readable and gripping, Palestinian Identity is a remarkable achievement of the historian's art.

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