This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood. Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the strength of Palestinian identity and social solidarity yet wondering whether current trends will lead to Palestinian statehood and independence.
Table of Content
Preface
Introduction to the 2010 Reissue
1. Introduction
2. Contrasting Narratives of Palestinian Identity
3. Cultural Life and Identity in Late Ottoman Palestine: The Place of Jerusalem
4. Competing and Overlapping Loyalties in Ottoman Jerusalem
5. Elements of Identity I: Peasant Resistance to Zionist Settlement
6. Elements of Identity II: The Debate on Zionism in the Arabic Press
7. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917–1923
8. The ‘Disappearance’ and Reemergence of Palestinian Identity
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Rashid Khalidi is Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He is also the author ofUnder Siege: P. L.O. Decisionmaking During 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.
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