Middle Eastern history Books

Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking, five-volume series offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Egypt and Western Asia (the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran), from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Written by a diverse, international team of leading scholars whose expertise brings to life the people, places, and times of the remote past, the volumes in this series focus firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities of the ancient Near East. Individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, paying particular attention to the most recent archaeological finds and their impact on our historical understanding of the periods surveyed.The fourth volume of the Oxford History of the Ancient Near East covers the period from the end of the second to the middle of the first millennium BC, ca. 1100-600 BC, corresponding with Egypt''s Third Intermediate Period. Fifteen chTable of ContentsPreface Time Chart The Contributors Abbreviations 35: Egypt before the Saites (Jean Li) 36: Kush under the Dynasty of Napata (Geoff Emberling) 37: Assyria from Tiglath-pileser I to Ashurnasirpal II (Daisuke Shibata) 38: The Assyrian Empire: A View from Within (Heather D. Baker) 39: The Assyrian Empire in Contact with the World (Jamie Novotny) 40: The Assyrian Empire: Perspectives on Culture and Society (Frederick Mario Fales) 41: Babylonia from Nebuchadnezzar I to Tiglath-pileser III (John P. Nielsen) 42: Elam in the Iron Age (Alexa Bartelmus) 43: The Medes and the Kingdom of Mannea (Andreas Fuchs) 44: The Kingdom of Urartu (Yervand Grekyan) 45: The Kingdom of Phrygia (Annick Payne) 46: The Iron Age States of Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Syria (Mark Weeden) 47: The Iron Age States on the Phoenician Coast (Françoise Briquel Chatonnet) 48: The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (Omer Sergi) Index

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Book SynopsisHekmat Al-Taweel (1922–2008) was a native Palestinian Christian from Gaza City whose narrative unearths a version of history long excluded from mainstream discourse and provides an unfamiliar perspective on Muslim–Christian relationships. Her stories about life in Gaza highlight shared history, vibrant culture, and cherished traditions. Al-Taweel continued her education after marriage, sought community volunteer work, worked as a teacher and supervisor, and committed to activism throughout her life, all of which contradicts widespread Western orientalized stereotypes of Arab women. She also shares insights into life in Gaza during the British Mandate period as well as the 1948 Nakba and its aftermath. This is the third book in the Women’s Voices from Gaza Series, which honours women’s unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. Foreword by Ilan Pappe.Trade Review“The Women's Voices From Gaza series is exceptional, offering insights into modern Gaza’s social history. It will attract a wide readership in Palestine studies and gender studies, as well as individuals interested in the Palestine question.” Rema Hammami, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Birzeit UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: Introducing Women’s Voices from Gaza ix Foreword, Ilan Pappe xv Acknowledgements xxiii Introduction xxv Come My Children 1 / Childhood: Growing Up in Gaza 3 2 / The British Mandate and School Days 21 3 / Marriage and Relations with Palestinian Muslims 39 4 / Business and Life Before and After the 1948 Nakba 51 5 / Palestinian Resistance Against the British Mandate 59 6 / The Egyptian Administration and the Israeli Occupation 71 7 / Yusuf, the United States, and Palestine 85 Chronology of Events in Palestine 107 Notes 127 Glossary 145 Bibliography 149

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Book SynopsisPresenting a history of Israel through 100 cartoons, Colin Shindler offers an original, visually exciting and accessible way to help understand Israel's complex past, including the Israel-Palestine conflict. Richly illustrated with an image for ever year from 1949-2020, Shindler offers new perspectives on Israel's past, politics, and people.Trade Review'A leading expert on the history and politics of Israel, Professor Shindler has endeavoured something unique in this engaging book. Through 100 cartoons and accompanying commentary that draws on his extensive understanding of the issues, Shindler provides an illuminating and very welcome addition to the literature on Zionism and Israel.' Rory Miller, Georgetown University in Qatar'Professor Shindler uses the medium of cartoons to reflect on the major issues that have faced Israel. Selecting just one cartoon for each year out of many thousands is no easy task, but Shindler's selections and commentary highlight the key issues and personalities in a way which no other previous political analysis has attempted.' David Newman, Ben-Gurion University'Professor Shindler has added a new dimension to his highly esteemed body of writing on Jewish and Israeli history. Cartoons and caricatures offer vividness and insights to conventional historiography. This is an instructive and entertaining new book.' Itamar Rabinovich, Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States'It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Colin Shindler's outstanding collection of cartoons, with comments and timelines, sheds light on the Palestinian Arab/Israeli conflict. This innovative format makes it an outstanding teaching resource and a must-read for those interested in gaining greater insight into this conflict.' Suzanne D. Rutland, University of Sydney'In this excellent academic study on contemporary Israel's history, carefully selected images are not merely illustrations, but they reflect the atmosphere of a certain time, convey multiple meanings, and signal the power of interpretations. They encourage readers to reflect on emotions, the ever-present but oft-forgotten driver of human activities.' Joanna Dyduch, Jagiellonian UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Jews: caricatures, cartoons, comics; Zionism: Ideology and the building of the state; Before Israel: The road to 1948; A history of Israel: 1949-2020; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; The 2010s; Collections of works of early Israeli cartoonists.

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Book SynopsisHow denial sustains the liberal imagination of a progressive and democratic Israel. The question that this book aims to answer might seem simple: how can a violent project of dispossession and discrimination be imagined, felt, and profoundly believed in as though it were the exact oppositean embodiment of sustainability, multicultural tolerance, and democratic idealism? Despite well-documented evidence of racism and human rights abuse, Israel has long been embraced by the most liberal sectors of European and American society as a manifestation of the progressive values of tolerance, plurality, inclusivity, and democracy, and hence a project that can be passionately defended for its lofty ideals. Tolerance Is a Wasteland argues that the key to this miraculous act of political alchemy is a very specific form of denial. Here the Palestinian presence in, and claim to, Palestine is not simply refused or covered up, but negated in such a way that the act of denial is itself denied. The effects of destruction and repression are reframed, inverted into affirmations of liberal virtues that can be passionately championed. In Tolerance Is a Wasteland, Saree Makdisi explores many such acts of affirmation and denial in a range of venues: from the haunted landscape of thickly planted forests covering the ruins of Palestinian villages forcibly depopulated in 1948; to the theater of pinkwashingas Israel presents itself to the world as a gay-friendly haven of cultural inclusion; to the so-called Museum of Tolerance being built on top of the ruins of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem, which was methodically desecrated in order to clear the space for this monument to human dignity.Tolerance Is a Wasteland reveals the system of emotional investments and curated perceptions that makes this massive project of cognitive dissonance possible.Trade Review"Tolerance is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial is an incisive and provocative treatise on the culture of denial that informs a series of contemporary affects, practices, and relations about Israel and Zionism." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"This is a book as much about the martial politics that structure liberalism as it is about Zionism and the settler colonial project in Palestine. Makdisi unravels the productive and destructive forces that normalize this project as part of global politics. Hence, the book is as much about us—the inheritors of liberalism sitting in Europe and North America—as it is about Palestine or the Israeli state." * International Affairs *"Readers familiar with and sympathetic to critiques of Israel’s history of displacement and coercive control of the non-Jewish population of Palestine can appreciate the author’s approach." * CHOICE *"An immensely satisfying book. . . . powerful and necessary." * Arab Studies Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sustainability 2. Democracy 3. Diversity 4. Tolerance Conclusion Postscript Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014.Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Stern and Berger outline the origins of ISIS as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become.State of Terror' delves into the ghoulish pornography' of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of jihadi chic' and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic State's use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and Franceusing recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State.Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, State of Terror' also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS most importantly, emphasizing thTrade Review‘A valuable, rigorous and perceptive guide … Stern and Berger draw on internet-based sources, big-brained research on political violence and some of the most acute thinking about the insurgency that is around today’ Literary Review ‘One of this year’s most useful books on the phenomenon, which showed how the terrorist movement emerged from the mind of a Jordanian criminal, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year ‘Clear and succinct … The book’s achievement is to demonstrate how Isis fits within the spectrum of blood-soaked jihadists’ Daily Telegraph ‘By far the most important contribution yet to our understanding of an organization that remains cloaked in mystery and misunderstanding. Stern and Berger are two of the world’s leading experts on violent extremism and, in this book, they have combined their years of knowledge and expertise into a brisk, readable, and eye opening account of ISIS’s past, present, and future’ Reza Aslan, author of ‘No god but God’ and ‘Zealot’ ‘One can only conclude, with the clarity of recent hindsight, that we should have seen it coming – at least when seen through the lens of ‘ISIS’ … a timely and important history of a movement that now defines the 21st century’ Evening Standard ‘The first serious book to analyse the rise of ISIS, arguably one of history's most successful terrorist groups. Stern and Berger write clearly and persuasively and marshal impressive primary research from ISIS's prodigious propaganda to help explain how ISIS became the dominant jihadi group today. It's a terrific and important read’ Peter Bergen, author of ‘Manhunt’ ‘From two of the world’s leading terrorism experts, this timely and urgent book is absolutely essential reading for analysts and policy makers alike. In what is already a cornerstone contribution, Stern and Berger offer the kind of cold-blooded analysis so desperately needed on the poorly understood phenomenon’ John Horgan, author of ‘The Psychology of Terrorism’

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Book SynopsisCountries in the Middle East have very different economies, even if they are often grouped together. In The Economics of the Middle East, James Rauch focuses on the drivers of their distinctiveness, including the effects of their natural endowments, geographic locations, and interactions with the global economy.This book evaluates the socioeconomic trajectories of three groups of Middle Eastern States: Sub-Saharan African, fuel-endowed, and Mediterranean. It compares these groups both to each other and to developing countries in other regions with similar characteristics. Rauch draws on basic approaches to economic development to enhance understanding of important issues, such how policies on gender, education, health, and the environment affect development. His comparative perspective sheds light on how and why the Arab countries, Iran, and Turkey have done better or worse than similar countries in other regions. His analysis throughout is supported by data that are well organized andTrade ReviewJames Rauch's The Economics of the Middle East examines important issues facing the region from the perspective of fundamental economic principles and, in doing so, fills an important gap in the literature. It provides scholars a clear, empirically rich discussion of international trade and industrialization, human development and inequalities, environmental challenges, and other critical issues facing the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. * Ellen Lust, Professor of Political Science; Founder and Director, Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg *The book provides students from economics, political science, and public policy with an accessible overview of economic theory, allowing them to better understand the subsequent chapters which explain why the Arab region lags behind other middle income countries in economic and human development. I highly recommend this volume for graduate survey courses on Middle East Politics and political economy of development * Lindsay J. Benstead, Associate Professor of Political Science, Portland State University *Table of ContentsI. Introduction The Scope of This Book The Human Development Index Three Arab Worlds Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab Spring" Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring" A Note on Country Groups II. Historical Perspective Introduction Extensive versus Intensive Growth The Division of the World The Great Divergence III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct Investment Introduction International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean and Turkey Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism Natural Resource Rents and OPEC Foreign Direct Investment IV. Human Resources Introduction Education Health The Demographic Transition V. Gender Gaps Introduction Education Labor Force Participation Health VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment Introduction Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index Poverty Headcounts Migration and Remittances Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty Unemployment and Self-Employment VII. Environmental Challenges Introduction Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and Sanitation Services Air Pollution Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies, and the Military Introduction Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance Urban Primacy Energy Subsidies Military Spending Slums Infrastructure Quality IX. Political Economy Introduction Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and Enforcing Contracts Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy

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Book SynopsisThe Roman emperor Augustus gave his name to the age he dominated, from the latter half of the first century BC until the second decade of the following century. Yet he shared the age with several royal women who ruled parts of the Mediterranean world, in a symbiotic relationship with Rome. This book is the first detailed portrait of these remarkable women. Previous accounts of the period have centered on Augustus or Rome''s allied kings, with scant attention to the women who ruled as their partners or on their own. The most famous of these is Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of the great Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her partner, the Roman magistrate Marcus Antonius. Her very survival following Roman victory over her mother''s forces is itself noteworthy but she went on to rule Mauretania (northwest Africa) with her husband for more than twenty years. She even attempted to reconstitute her mother''s legacy in this remote region and, like her mother, was an ardent patron of the arts and schoTrade ReviewRoller has succeeded in synthesizing a considerable amount of information that is not necessarily widely known or readily accessible and making it engrossing and entertaining for both specialist and non-specialist readers. He has offered a fresh perspective not only on the subject of women in antiquity, but also on the Augustan Principate and the Julio-Claudian period. * Classical World *Studies of Hellenistic queenship usually end with the death of Cleopatra VII. Overcoming the inadequacies of the sources, Duane Roller demonstrates that the tradition of strong queens continued into the Principate in this illuminating study of the careers of seven royal women, including Cleopatra Selene of Mauretania, Salome of Judaea, and Dynamis of Bosporos. * Stanley M. Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles *Roller's careful and learned book offers its readers engaging accounts of the hard-to-recover lives of several redoubtable queens in the realms allied to Augustus' Roman empire. Roller shows how these women, although often operating under the most perilous of circumstances, managed to stay at the top, sometimes by deploying their regal heritage or glamour, at others by exploiting their imperial connections or wealth * but always by dint of their deep political acumen. This is a detailed, impressive historical investigation.W. Jeffrey Tatum, Victoria University of Wellington *A useful, enjoyable, deeply learned account of female dynasts of the era of Augustus. Roller introduces the period's politics, discusses terminology and precursors to late Hellenistic queens (this chapter is particularly well done), and offers excellent, concise biographical sketches of his seven subjects. He concludes with a discussion of Roman women vis-à-vis these queens. This is fine historian-as-detective work, using coins, literary references, and other evidence ... Highly recommended. * CHOICE *I think with a sound knowledge of Roman history and politics this book would fill in the gaps of these women, who are almost invisible in the records but who ruled different parts of the Roman Empire following the demise of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. * Dr. Charlotte Booth *Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations Genealogical Chart Introduction Chapter 1: Queens and Royal Women Chapter 2: Cleopatra's Daughter Chapter 3: Glaphyra of Cappadocia Chapter 4: Salome of Judaea Chapter 5: Dynamis of Bosporos Chapter 6: Pythodoris of Pontos Chapter 7: Abe of Olbe and Mousa of Parthia Chapter 8: Royal Women and Roman Women Appendix 1: A Note on Flavius Josephus and Nikolaos of Damascus Appendix 2: The Girl Who Danced for the Head of John the Baptist Notes Abbreviations Bibliography List of Passages Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIn popular and academic literature, jihad is predominantly assumed to refer exclusively to armed combat, and martyrdom in the Islamic context is understood to be invariably of the military kind. This perspective, derived mainly from legal texts, has led to discussions of jihad and martyrdom as concepts with fixed, universal meanings divorced from the socio-political circumstances in which they have been deployed through the centuries. Asma Afsaruddin studies in a more holistic manner the range of significations that can be ascribed to the term jihad from the earliest period to the present and historically contextualizes the competing discourses that developed over time. Many assumptions about the military jihad and martyrdom in Islam are thereby challenged and deconstructed. A comprehensive interrogation of varied sources reveals early and multiple competing definitions of a word that in combination with the phrase fi sabil Allah translates literally to striving in the path of God. Contemporary radical Islamists have appropriated this language to exhort their cadres to armed political opposition, which they legitimize under the rubric of jihad. Afsaruddin shows that the multivalent connotations of jihad and shahid recovered from the formative period lead us to question the assertions of those who maintain that belligerent and militant interpretations preserve the earliest and only authentic understanding of these two key terms. Retrieval of these multiple perspectives has important implications for our world today in which the concepts of jihad and martyrdom are still being fiercely debated.

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Book SynopsisFrom Napoleon Bonaparte''s invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the foreign interventions in the ongoing civil wars in Syria, Yemen, and Libya today, global empires or the so-called Great Powers have long assumed responsibility to bring security in the Middle East. The past two centuries have witnessed their numerous military occupations to ''liberate'', ''secure'', and ''educate'' local populations. They staged the first ''humanitarian'' interventions in history and established hitherto unseen international and local security institutions. Consulting fresh primary sources collected from some thirty archives in the Middle East, Russia, the United States, and Western Europe, Dangerous Gifts revisits the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century origins of these imperial security practices. It questions how it all began. Why did Great Power interventions in the Ottoman Levant tend to result in further turmoil and civil wars? Why has the region been embroiled in a paradoxan ever-increasing demand for security despite its increasing supplyever since? It embeds this highly pertinent genealogical history into an innovative and captivating narrative around the Eastern Question, freeing the latter f rom the monopoly of Great Power politics, and also foregrounding the experience of Levantine actors. It explores the gradual yet still forceful opening up of the latter''s economies to global free trade, the asymmetrical implementation of international law from their perspective, and the secondary importance attached to their threat perceptions in a world where political and economic decisions were ultimately made through the filter of global imperial interests.

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Book SynopsisOne of the world's foremost experts on Assyriology, Jean Bottéro has studied the religion of ancient Mesopotamia for more than fifty years. Building on these many years of research, Bottéro here presents the definitive account of one of the world's oldest known religions. He shows how ancient Mesopotamian religion was practiced both in the public and private spheres, how it developed over the three millennia of its active existence, and how it profoundly influenced Western civilization, including the Hebrew Bible.

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Book SynopsisHundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century. Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, or KMMS), examining them from three distinct anglesiconography, context, and patronage. She untangles the history of the KMMS maps, traces their inception and evolution, and analyzes them to reveal the identities of their creators, painters, and patrons, as well as the vivid realities of the social and physical world they depicted. In doing so, Pinto develops innovative techniques for approaching the visual record of Islamic history, explores how medieval Muslims perceived themselves and their world, and brings Middle Eastern maps into the forefront of the study of the history of cartography.

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Book SynopsisTreating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty-year rule of President Hafiz al-Asad's regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated spectacles. Asad was praised as the father, the gallant knight, even the country's premier pharmacist. Yet most Syrians, including those who create the official rhetoric, did not believe its claims. Why would a regime spend scarce resources on a personality cult whose content is patently spurious? Wedeen shows how such flagrantly fictitious claims were able to produce a politics of public dissimulation in which citizens acted as if they revered the leader. By inundating daily life with tired symbolism, the regime exercised a subtle, yet effective form of power. The cult worked to enforce obed

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[Rogozen-Soltar's] methodological and theoretical approaches provide some lovely insights and very teachable moments about the complexities of European history, categorical difference, social alliances and betrayals, and identity itself. * City & Society *"An impressively accomplished ethnography of the ambivalent inclusion and exclusion of Islam and Muslims in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Detailing a set of social encounters between migrant Muslims, Spanish Muslim converts, and non-Muslim Granadians, Rogozen-Soltar successfully charts the 'unequal multiculturalism' resulting from the peripheral city's harnessing of a historical narrative of convivencia to its claims for a privileged position within Spanish and European cosmopolitan modernity. -- Paul SilversteinThis timely, well-researched and engaging book examines the ways Muslim residents of Granada see themselves, and are seen by others, in relation to Granada's Arab past. . . . [B]y illuminating many aspects of the relationships between and within Muslims and non-Muslims in Granada today, Spain Unmoored will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in Spain, Islam and multiculturalism in Europe today. * Anthropos *"Of all the book's persuasive arguments, what stands out is Rogozen-Soltar's careful engagement of the heterogeneity of Granada's Muslim community and her attention to the ways disparity figures into Muslims' relations with one another as much as their encounters with others. An insightful study of multiculturalism and religion in Europe, relevant to scholars, students, and general readers." * Choice Reviews *While Rogozen-Soltar's book is well grounded in anthropological theory, it is not dragged down by jargon or theoretical disquisitions unrelated to the subject matter at hand. On the contrary, Rogozen-Soltar centers her narrative on the analysis of field experiences and uses theory to enrich and contextualize her analysis. * Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: Between Convivencia and Malafollá: Coexistence or Exclusion?AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Andalusian Encounters and the Politics of Islam1. Historical Anxiety and Everyday Historiography2. Paradoxes of Muslim Belonging and Difference3. Muslim Disneyland and Moroccan Danger Zones: Islam, Race, and Space4. A Reluctant Convivencia: Minority Representation and Unequal Multiculturalism5. Embodied Encounters: Gender, Islam, and Public SpaceConclusion: Granada Moored and UnmooredBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the character and personality of Menachem Begin, Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz offer a new look into the peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the 1970s. Trade ReviewA painstakingly researched and nuanced examination of Begin's contribution to the success of the peace talks. * Jerusalem Post *The book is a useful Israel-centered counterweight to the existing, mostly US-centered literature. * H-Diplo *Steinberg and Rubinovitz's book is an important and valuable contribution to our understanding of the Israeli–Egyptian peace process and one that deserves to be read widely. * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs *In many ways, this volume is insightful and valuable, adding to the existing literature on Menachem Begin and his rightist, nationalist government. * The Middle East Journal *One of the challenges in analyzing Begin's role and positions in the Camp David process—indeed, his legacy in general—is the fact that he never published memoirs, or even gave fulsome interviews after leaving office. The authors of [Menachem Begin and the Israel-Egypt Peace Process] seek to restore Begin to his central and essential role. -- Joshua Krasna * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A valuable contribution to the literature on gender studies and resistance in Palestine and the Middle East by drawing our focus to the body and the realm of [the] intimate as a medium for experiencing subordination, whether through patriarchy or settler-colonialism, and the way the body becomes a means of resistance."—Julie Peteet, University of Louisville"Defying 'The Plan' portrays a nuanced and complex understanding of the relationship between Palestinian women, Palestinian society, and the Zionist state."—Islah Jad, Birzeit UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Translation Introduction1. Embodied Citizen Strangers2. Born with a Plan3. Defying Bodies4. Defying Desire5. Defying Intimate Relations6. Defying the Plan: Feminist Selves?ConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shay Rabineau's Walking the Land offers a fascinating history of a largely unstudied topic - the creation of a network of trails in Palestine and Israel since the early 20th century and the development of a thriving recreational culture among natives and visitors. Who would have suspected that trails themselves reveal a slice of a country's history? The author's choice of illuminating maps and evocative photographs will draw the reader right onto the trails."—Jehuda Reinharz, Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History, Brandeis University"In his deeply original Walking the Land, Shay Rabineau takes what seems like a surface-level issue – hiking trails – and explores their profound implications in and on Zionist thought, Israeli society, and Palestinian national aspirations. He does so with the seriousness of a scholar and the sparkle of a great storyteller who has enjoyed an adventure or two himself on these winding paths."—Christa Case Bryant, former Jerusalem bureau chief for The Christian Science MonitorTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration, Translation, and Language UseIntroduction: Israeli Hiking Trails and Their Spatial, National, and Existential Dimensions1. The Construction of a Jewish Hiking Culture in Palestine, 1904-19352. The Palmach and the First Marked Hiking Trail, 1935-19483. The First Israeli Hiking Trails, 1949-19634. The Foundations of the Country-Wide Trail Network, 1963-19795. Completing the Network and Creating a National Trail, 1980-20016. Postscripts, 2001-2021NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shay Rabineau's Walking the Land offers a fascinating history of a largely unstudied topic - the creation of a network of trails in Palestine and Israel since the early 20th century and the development of a thriving recreational culture among natives and visitors. Who would have suspected that trails themselves reveal a slice of a country's history? The author's choice of illuminating maps and evocative photographs will draw the reader right onto the trails."—Jehuda Reinharz, Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History, Brandeis University"In his deeply original Walking the Land, Shay Rabineau takes what seems like a surface-level issue – hiking trails – and explores their profound implications in and on Zionist thought, Israeli society, and Palestinian national aspirations. He does so with the seriousness of a scholar and the sparkle of a great storyteller who has enjoyed an adventure or two himself on these winding paths."—Christa Case Bryant, former Jerusalem bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor"Rabineau's book, in short, offers an authoritative introduction to the history of hiking and trail-marking in the Land of Israel, and it is certain to become a 'go to' work on these phenomena for the foreseeable future."—David Rodman, Israel AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration, Translation, and Language UseIntroduction: Israeli Hiking Trails and Their Spatial, National, and Existential Dimensions1. The Construction of a Jewish Hiking Culture in Palestine, 1904-19352. The Palmach and the First Marked Hiking Trail, 1935-19483. The First Israeli Hiking Trails, 1949-19634. The Foundations of the Country-Wide Trail Network, 1963-19795. Completing the Network and Creating a National Trail, 1980-20016. Postscripts, 2001-2021NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first English translation of the national epic of Turkey, which is the heritage of the ancient Oghuz Turks and was composed as they migrated westward from their homeland in Central Asia to the Middle East, eventually to settle in Anatolia.Trade Review...Dede Korkut stands as a masterwork of [tenth-century] Turkish literature—and perhaps as one of the world’s most impressive national epics.... with its action-packed narrative in prose and verse, [it] unfurls a fascinating panorama of Turkish tribal and feudal life—warfare, hunts, festivities, plunders, preternatural phenomena, heroics and love. The socio-political characteristics, cultural values, morals and manners as well as ethnographic features it embodies make the epic a rich source for historians, folklorists and anthropologists. * Middle East Journal *The Book of Dede Korkut has been called the Iliad of the Turks.... the stories of Dede Korkut represent and embody the epic élan of a nation’s literary imagination... an excellent translation in English.... smooth, highly readable, enlightening. * Books Abroad *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Prologue Legend I: The Story of Bugach Khan, Son of Dirse Khan Legend II: The Sack of the House of Salur Kazan Legend III: The Story of Bamsi Beyrek, Son of Kam Büre Legend IV: The Story of the Capture of Uruz Bey, Son of Kazan Bey Legend V: The Story of Delü Dumrul, Son of Duha Koja Legend VI: The Story of Kan Turali, Son of Kanli Koja Legend VII: The Story of Yigenek, Son of Kazilik Koja Legend VIII: The Story of Basat, Killer of the One-Eyed Giant Legend IX: The Story of Emren, Son of Begil Legend X: The Story of Seghrek, Son of Ushun Koja Legend XI: The Story of Salur Kazan’s Captivity and His Rescue by His Son Uruz Legend XII: The Story of the Revolt of the Outer Oghuz against the Inner Oghuz and of the Death of Beyrek Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. This book tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did.Trade Review"Um demonstrates that Mocha's urban history is much richer than its link to a single commercial product. . . . Scholars like Um are breaking the unfortunate but long-lasting misassumption that pre-modern Arabian history is stagnant and devoid of source material." -- Molly Patterson * MESA *"Um's call for a wider reexamining of secular architecture . . . is all the more resounding for her own contribution that so clearly demonstrates the possibilities and value of such an undertaking." -- Sebastian R. Prange * Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East *"Her treatment of Mocha, often presented in the context of engaging and insightful comparative data, offers a refreshing examination of the city's urban and architectural history, which sheds considerable light on social and commercial history. . . . Um's study is based on a variety of sources—architectural, archival, and literary—that she wields effectively. . . . The Merchant Houses of Mocha is a valuable contribution to the growing number of recent studies on particular localities within the Red Sea . . . all of which are refining and refashioning our understanding of a poorly understood but important region that connected the worlds of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa." * International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *"With her study of Mocha in the period between 1650 and 1750, Nancy Um has broken new ground through an innovative combination of architectural and archival materials, thus combining the approaches of historian and art historian in a unique way. . . . [H]er important contribution to debates on port cities in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean with regard to their functioning and relation to sea and hinterland, as well as to debates on architectural history, will surely have a major impact on how we understand urban history on the Arabian Peninsula and beyond. This unusually well-written work deserves a place on reading lists in art history, the history of the Arabian Peninsula as well as the history of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and port cities in general." * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *"Rather than offering the reader a linear framework for understanding the development of Mocha's premodern urban history, Um weaves together many different historical narratives and maps them onto the city itself. . . . Scholars like Um are breaking the unfortunate but long-lasting misassumption that pre-modern Arabian history is stagnant and devoid of source material." * Review of Middle Eastern Studies (RoMES) *"This book deserves to be widely read, and praised. Um demonstrates familiarity with a host of secondary work in urban history, and where necessary challenges and modifies them. Her use of architecture as a key source is extremely innovative. In terms of Indian Ocean studies, we now have a few foundational studies . . . which sketch broad themes. We need many more micro-studies which can modify received wisdom. Um's book is an exemplary case study of what we need, and . . . in its use of difficult sources, and its successful analysis." * IIAS *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Mocha Trade Network 2. The Yemeni Coffee Network 3. A Littoral Society in Yemen 4. Merchants and Nakhudhas 5. The Urban Form and Orientation of Mocha 6. Trading Spaces 7. On the Politics of Inside and Out Conclusion: The End of the Mocha Era Appendix A. The Imams of Qasimi Yemen and the Governors of Mocha Appendix B. Archival and Museum Sources Consulted Notes Glossary References Cited Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together experts on the rich intellectual, cultural, social, and political history of the Middle East, providing necessary historical context to familiarize teachers with the latest scholarship. Each chapter includes easy- to-explore sources to supplement any curriculum, focusing on valuable and controversial themes.Trade ReviewThis book is unique in its breadth and scope. There is no comparable volume that offers guidance on teaching the Middle East at the university or high school level. Chapters include a diverse range of voices, and the gender balance among the contributors is commendable and significant, placing it at the cutting edge of academic pedagogy." - Rachel Harris, editor of Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict"With the emphasis on the diversity of elements involved in the topics covered and a conscious avoidance of 'essentialist' approaches, the authors individually and the volume as a whole succeed in presenting analyses that are not Orientalist or civilizationalist, while avoiding ideological polemics." - John Voll, Georgetown University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“I found the author's pace, clarity, and ability to communicate thoroughly, yet briefly, immensely informative. His depth of learning is immediately obvious...I believe that his ability to weave complex ideas with historical narrative is unparalleled. It is all hugely complemented by the skill and quality of Yale's publishing. The Crusader Armies is worth every penny.”—Patrick Mercer, Military History MagazineSelected for Choice's 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles List “An extraordinarily vivid and scholarly picture of the clash of arms in the age of the crusades. Tibble demolishes old ideas about crusading warfare with élan.”—John France, author of Perilous Glory"In this important book which rips away false assumptions and stimulates fresh thinking, Tibble argues that it was climate change on the Asian steppes driving the mass migration of nomadic horsemen which was the determining factor behind the crusades – and not religion nor Western intervention. Remarkable."—Michael Haag, author of The Tragedy of the Templars“A fresh and fast-paced study of conflict in the medieval Near East. Tibble challenges us to look anew at crusading warfare and in doing so delivers a compelling, convincing and cleverly-nuanced understanding of this multi-dimensional struggle. An essential read for historians of the Crusades, the Near East and medieval warfare.” Jonathan Phillips, author of The Crusades, 1095-1204“In this thought-provoking work, Tibble offers a vivid insight into the realities of warfare in twelfth-century Syria and Palestine. He shows how this was a complex world in which attitudes were shaped as much by pragmatism as ideology, and where opportunism was just as important as religious conviction.”—Malcolm Barber, author of The Crusader States

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Book SynopsisThe tiny country of Kuwait grabbed the world's attention during the Gulf War, during which its natural petroleum resource became the envy of its neighboring country of Iraq.Trade Review[T]his comprehensive history of Kuwait spans from 3000 BCE, when the first settlers traveled through the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf, to 2006 CE, when Kuwaiti women first voted in municipal elections. The book contains a thorough depiction of the country's geography and demography, tracing its evolution as a nation through its verious forms under different rulers and occupying countries. It also carefully addresses the current conditions, both social and political, of this small but wealthy country in the modern era, and includes a list of notable Kuwaitis. * Middle East Journal *The History of Kuwait includes information about the land and people, and the history of this area from ca. 3000 BCE, through independence, nationhood, invasion by Iraq in 1990, occupation, and liberation up to present day Kuwait. * Multicultural Review *Writing for students and interested lay people, Casey has penned an accessible analytical history of the Middle Eastern country of Kuwait. The material is structured similarly to other volumes in the Greenwood Histories of Modern Nations series, offering a timeline of historical events, a broadly chronological narrative that describes Kuwait's origins as a desert sheikhdom in the 19th century and its evolution through the present time, biographical information on notable people, a glossary, and a bibliographic essay. * Reference & Research Book News *

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Book SynopsisWinner of the L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North African Studies 2022This original research on the forgotten Libyan genocide specifically recovers the hidden history of the fascist Italian concentration camps (19291934) through the oral testimonies of Libyan survivors. This book links the Libyan genocide through cross-cultural and comparative readings to the colonial roots of the Holocaust and genocide studies.Between 1929 and 1934, thousands of Libyans lost their lives, directly murdered and victim to Italian deportations and internments. They were forcibly removed from their homes, marched across vast tracks of deserts and mountains, and confined behind barbed wire in 16 concentration camps. It is a story that Libyans have recorded in their Arabic oral history and narratives while remaining hidden and unexplored in a systematic fashion, and never in the manner that has allowed us to comprehend and begin to understand the extent of their Trade Review“This shattering study, based on remarkable scholarship, not only brings to light the long-suppressed genocidal policies of the Italian Fascist state but also leads to serious rethinking of how colonial history is framed and of the origins of the horrendous Nazi crimes. A powerful and revealing work.” — Noam Chomsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s volume on the Libyan genocide is a masterpiece of oral history. This narrative recaptures the full texture of a great but little known atrocity. The prose and the poetry of folk memory as well as the crosscurrents of regional variation are gripping and unforgettable. A people’s suffering have been truly honoured here." — James C. Scott, Yale University"Based on oral, archival and published documentation, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida provides a damning condemnation of Italian colonialism in Libya and of the scholarship that so far has overlooked the scope and significance of the genocidal violence which enabled it. A genuine contribution to the literature on Libya, on colonialism and on studies of genocide." — Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University"The book is a masterpiece of scholarly skill and dedication. It tells the story that many Libyans have known and have not been able to tell the world. Combining archival research, ethnographic field work, penetrating theoretical insights, and personal testimony, Ahmida has written a book that I’ve longed to read but never imagined possible until now. I am deeply grateful for this book." — Khaled Mattawa, University of Michigan"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida gives voice to the victims – and resisters – of a forgotten modern colonial genocide. Their recollections in poetry and prose provide eloquent, visceral testimony to suffering and, always, perseverance. Official narratives will no longer reign – and imperial statues should topple." — Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas"He [Ahmida] succeeds in revealing a long-obscured and gruesome past through the reminiscences of his own elderly relatives, the disciplined excavation of suppressed official archives, the interpretation of long-recited epic poetry, and the creative deployment of comparative histories of genocide, war, and imperialism.[...] Ahmida’s account is important, however, and should provoke consequential debates about the long, dark shadow of history in North Africa." — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2020-12-08/genocide-libya-shar-hidden-colonial-historyAuthor-interview podcast by Jeff Bachman, American University, New Books Network https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocide-in-libya“This shattering study, based on remarkable scholarship, not only brings to light the long-suppressed genocidal policies of the Italian Fascist state but also leads to serious rethinking of how colonial history is framed and of the origins of the horrendous Nazi crimes. A powerful and revealing work.” — Noam Chomsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s volume on the Libyan genocide is a masterpiece of oral history. This narrative recaptures the full texture of a great but little known atrocity. The prose and the poetry of folk memory as well as the crosscurrents of regional variation are gripping and unforgettable. A people’s suffering have been truly honoured here." — James C. Scott, Yale University"Based on oral, archival and published documentation, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida provides a damning condemnation of Italian colonialism in Libya and of the scholarship that so far has overlooked the scope and significance of the genocidal violence which enabled it. A genuine contribution to the literature on Libya, on colonialism and on studies of genocide." — Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University"The book is a masterpiece of scholarly skill and dedication. It tells the story that many Libyans have known and have not been able to tell the world. Combining archival research, ethnographic field work, penetrating theoretical insights, and personal testimony, Ahmida has written a book that I’ve longed to read but never imagined possible until now. I am deeply grateful for this book." — Khaled Mattawa, University of Michigan"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida gives voice to the victims – and resisters – of a forgotten modern colonial genocide. Their recollections in poetry and prose provide eloquent, visceral testimony to suffering and, always, perseverance. Official narratives will no longer reign – and imperial statues should topple." — Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas"He [Ahmida] succeeds in revealing a long-obscured and gruesome past through the reminiscences of his own elderly relatives, the disciplined excavation of suppressed official archives, the interpretation of long-recited epic poetry, and the creative deployment of comparative histories of genocide, war, and imperialism.[...] Ahmida’s account is important, however, and should provoke consequential debates about the long, dark shadow of history in North Africa." — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2020-12-08/genocide-libya-shar-hidden-colonial-historyAuthor-interview podcast by Jeff Bachman, American University, New Books Network https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocide-in-libyaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking About Forgotten Libyan Genocide 1. Where are the Survivors: The Politics of Missing Archives and Fieldwork 2. Eurocentrism, Silence and Memory of Genocide 3. We Died Because of Shar, Evil My Son: Survivors’ Stories of Death and Trauma in the Camps 4. After the Genocide: Hidden, and State Histories 5. Postscript: Rethinking Postcolonial State Formation, Crisis and Collapse in Libya Conclusion: Toward a Paradigm Shift

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Book SynopsisWinner of the L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North African Studies 2022This original research on the forgotten Libyan genocide specifically recovers the hidden history of the fascist Italian concentration camps (19291934) through the oral testimonies of Libyan survivors. This book links the Libyan genocide through cross-cultural and comparative readings to the colonial roots of the Holocaust and genocide studies.Between 1929 and 1934, thousands of Libyans lost their lives, directly murdered and victim to Italian deportations and internments. They were forcibly removed from their homes, marched across vast tracks of deserts and mountains, and confined behind barbed wire in 16 concentration camps. It is a story that Libyans have recorded in their Arabic oral history and narratives while remaining hidden and unexplored in a systematic fashion, and never in the manner that has allowed us to comprehend and begin to understand the extent of their Trade Review“This shattering study, based on remarkable scholarship, not only brings to light the long-suppressed genocidal policies of the Italian Fascist state but also leads to serious rethinking of how colonial history is framed and of the origins of the horrendous Nazi crimes. A powerful and revealing work.” — Noam Chomsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s volume on the Libyan genocide is a masterpiece of oral history. This narrative recaptures the full texture of a great but little known atrocity. The prose and the poetry of folk memory as well as the crosscurrents of regional variation are gripping and unforgettable. A people’s suffering have been truly honoured here." — James C. Scott, Yale University"Based on oral, archival and published documentation, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida provides a damning condemnation of Italian colonialism in Libya and of the scholarship that so far has overlooked the scope and significance of the genocidal violence which enabled it. A genuine contribution to the literature on Libya, on colonialism and on studies of genocide." — Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University"The book is a masterpiece of scholarly skill and dedication. It tells the story that many Libyans have known and have not been able to tell the world. Combining archival research, ethnographic field work, penetrating theoretical insights, and personal testimony, Ahmida has written a book that I’ve longed to read but never imagined possible until now. I am deeply grateful for this book." — Khaled Mattawa, University of Michigan"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida gives voice to the victims – and resisters – of a forgotten modern colonial genocide. Their recollections in poetry and prose provide eloquent, visceral testimony to suffering and, always, perseverance. Official narratives will no longer reign – and imperial statues should topple." — Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas"He [Ahmida] succeeds in revealing a long-obscured and gruesome past through the reminiscences of his own elderly relatives, the disciplined excavation of suppressed official archives, the interpretation of long-recited epic poetry, and the creative deployment of comparative histories of genocide, war, and imperialism.[...] Ahmida’s account is important, however, and should provoke consequential debates about the long, dark shadow of history in North Africa." — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2020-12-08/genocide-libya-shar-hidden-colonial-historyAuthor-interview podcast by Jeff Bachman, American University, New Books Network https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocide-in-libya“This shattering study, based on remarkable scholarship, not only brings to light the long-suppressed genocidal policies of the Italian Fascist state but also leads to serious rethinking of how colonial history is framed and of the origins of the horrendous Nazi crimes. A powerful and revealing work.” — Noam Chomsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s volume on the Libyan genocide is a masterpiece of oral history. This narrative recaptures the full texture of a great but little known atrocity. The prose and the poetry of folk memory as well as the crosscurrents of regional variation are gripping and unforgettable. A people’s suffering have been truly honoured here." — James C. Scott, Yale University"Based on oral, archival and published documentation, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida provides a damning condemnation of Italian colonialism in Libya and of the scholarship that so far has overlooked the scope and significance of the genocidal violence which enabled it. A genuine contribution to the literature on Libya, on colonialism and on studies of genocide." — Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University"The book is a masterpiece of scholarly skill and dedication. It tells the story that many Libyans have known and have not been able to tell the world. Combining archival research, ethnographic field work, penetrating theoretical insights, and personal testimony, Ahmida has written a book that I’ve longed to read but never imagined possible until now. I am deeply grateful for this book." — Khaled Mattawa, University of Michigan"Ali Abdullatif Ahmida gives voice to the victims – and resisters – of a forgotten modern colonial genocide. Their recollections in poetry and prose provide eloquent, visceral testimony to suffering and, always, perseverance. Official narratives will no longer reign – and imperial statues should topple." — Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas"He [Ahmida] succeeds in revealing a long-obscured and gruesome past through the reminiscences of his own elderly relatives, the disciplined excavation of suppressed official archives, the interpretation of long-recited epic poetry, and the creative deployment of comparative histories of genocide, war, and imperialism.[...] Ahmida’s account is important, however, and should provoke consequential debates about the long, dark shadow of history in North Africa." — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2020-12-08/genocide-libya-shar-hidden-colonial-historyAuthor-interview podcast by Jeff Bachman, American University, New Books Network https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocide-in-libyaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking About Forgotten Libyan Genocide 1. Where are the Survivors: The Politics of Missing Archives and Fieldwork 2. Eurocentrism, Silence and Memory of Genocide 3. We Died Because of Shar, Evil My Son: Survivors’ Stories of Death and Trauma in the Camps 4. After the Genocide: Hidden, and State Histories 5. Postscript: Rethinking Postcolonial State Formation, Crisis and Collapse in Libya Conclusion: Toward a Paradigm Shift

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Book SynopsisA collection of articles and studies discussing early Islamic tenets and beliefs based on Islamic traditions and literature. A number of studies appear for the first time in English. The topics dealt with relate to the Islamic prostration in ritual prayer, Islamic traditions which are discussed through the analysis of hadith literature and reports and narratives related to the literary genre of the qiáaá al-anbiyÄ' (Stories of the Prophets). The readers of this collection of essays are scholars and students of early Islam, of the development hadith literature and of the narratives on Islamic prophets; all together the studies bring to light the dynamics between the formation of early traditions and their role in the origin and developments of Islamic literature.

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Book SynopsisThe Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'.Keith W. Whitelam's groundbreaking study argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this region, have contributed to dispossession of both a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This is important reading for historians, biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine.Trade Review'Anyone who feels K's work 'can be safely ignored' will only show himself up as a fool.' - History Geography and Society'An important contribution to the history of scholarship.' - Expository Times'This is a brave, fascinating and important book ... constantly thought provoking and controversial.' - Sunday Times'Keith Whitelam's work serves to remind us what a vital if fraught exercise it still is to engage explicitly with the unique cultural influence of the Old Testament on the contemporary world.' - The Friend'It is a masterly, courageous work, the result of careful reading, focused reflection and the appropriate moral passion, which richly deserves wide exposure and will surely prompt siginificant discussion.' - Heythrop Journal'Whitelam can (and will) be criticized for introducing politics into 'ancient Israel', he is merely exposing it - and the Palestinians are after all the major victims of a zionizing European and American biblical scholarship. This book should be in paperback, and compulsory reading.' - Journal for the Study of the Old TestamentTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Silencing of Palestinian History, 1. Partial Texts and Fractured Histories, 2. Denying Space and Time to Palestinian History, 3. Inventing Ancient Israel, 4. The Creation of an Israelite State, 5. The Continuing Search, Reclaiming Palestinian History, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

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Book SynopsisAspirations, desires, opportunism and exploitation are seldom considered as fundamental elements of donor-driven development as it impacts on the lives of people in poor countries. Yet, alongside structural interventions, emotional or affective engagements are central to processes of social change and the making of selves for those caught up in developmentâs slipstream. Intimate Economies of Development lays bare the ways that culture, sexuality and health are inevitably and inseparably linked to material economies within trajectories of modernization in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. As migration expands and opportunities proliferate throughout Asia, different cultural groups increasingly interact as a result of targeted interventions and globalising economic formations; but they do so with different capabilities and expectations. This book uniquely grounds its arguments in interlocking details of people's everyday lives and aspirations in developing Asia, while also engaginTrade ReviewA highly original and sometimes heartrending book. Lyttleton reconsiders the ways development projects and the global market are changing people’s lives in remote corners of Southeast Asia through the lens of intimacy and desire. In the context of development and migration, sex and affect are usually treated as epiphenomena of health, economics, or crime. Lyttleton places them at the centre, showing that intimate entanglements between strangers are crucial to understanding how contemporary globalisation actually works, not just in "global cities" but also along rural byways. Based on a deep understanding of the subject and written with palpable empathy, this is anthropology at its full potential.–Pál Nyiri, Professor of Global History from an Anthropological Perspective, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Simply outstanding. A real wakeup call demonstrating the energy, enthusiasm and creativity of poor people in Southeast Asia searching for a better life–Peter Aggleton, Professor in Education and Health, University of New South Wales, An original, provocative account of how individuals' desires and aspirations map onto and shape global circuits of value, development and modernization projects. Based on intensive, long-term fieldwork in places as diverse as rubber plantations to massage parlors located throughout the Greater Mekong sub-region, this "emotional" economy of development, where the material and the intimate intersect, provides rich theoretical insights and innovative methodological models for understanding the production and consumption of "progress." –Peggy Levitt , Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College and Harvard UniversityThis book offers fresh insight from the author’s long years of field research in Southeast Asia. The path-breaking connections between material and affective aspects of development allow us to probe deeper than is customary to understand the ‘side effects’ of development and clearly explain why many good projects failed miserably.–Yos Santasombat, Professor of Anthropology, Chiang Mai UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Ethnicity, Captical and the Architecture of Mobile Hopes and Dreams 2. Frontiers and Embodied Ambitions 3. Special Zones - Anomalous Spaces 4. Intimate Safeguards and Affective Politics of the Precariat 5. Poiesis of the Intimate Encounter: Dormitory Exchanges and Bed-sit Affairs 6. First do no Harm

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Book SynopsisFights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments'' significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter. In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel''s 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the nakba or catastrophe by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews'' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel''s image in the US media

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Book SynopsisCompelling . . . offers a richly detailed account of Israel's Black Panthers in the 1970s.-Haaretz Forces us to confront the sometimes vast distance between constitutional aspiration and social and political practice.-Jewish Book CouncilThe powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel. Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled against the ethnic hierarchy of Israeli life in the 1970s.Inspired by the American group of the same name, the Black Panthers mounted protests and a yearslong political campaign for the rights of Mizrahim, or Jews of Middle Eastern ancestry. They managed to rattle the country's establishment and change the course of Israel's history through the mass mobilization of a Jewish underclass. This book draws on archival documents and interviews with elderly activists to capture the movement's history and revea

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Book SynopsisThe waves of protest ignited by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi in Tunisia in late 2010 highlighted for an international audience the importance of contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa. John Chalcraft's ground-breaking account of popular protest emphasizes the revolutionary modern history of the entire region. Challenging top-down views of Middle Eastern politics, he looks at how commoners, subjects and citizens have long mobilised in defiance of authorities. Chalcraft takes examples from a wide variety of protest movements from Morocco to Iran. He forges a new narrative of change over time, creating a truly comparative framework rooted in the dynamics of hegemonic contestation. Beginning with movements under the Ottomans, which challenged corruption and oppression under the banners of religion, justice, rights and custom, this book goes on to discuss the impact of constitutional movements, armed struggles, nationalism and independence, revolution and IslamTrade Review'John Chalcraft is the Howard Zinn of Middle East studies … [This book] is essential for understanding how the region came to be so fraught in our own era.' Juan Cole, University of Michigan'Unparalleled in both its ambitions and its achievements, this book provides … a brilliant synthetic reinterpretation of the role of popular politics …' John Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science'This book makes an outstanding contribution to the study of the recent history and politics of the Middle East.' Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'In its comparative and theoretical approach, this work is unmatched.' Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona'[This] insightful book shows how mass mobilization helped to shape state-formation and nation-building in the region over the past two centuries, creating the backdrop … for today's tumultuous conflicts.' Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'John Chalcraft has written a masterpiece of bottom-up analysis and interpretation over two centuries of Middle Eastern longing, struggle, and change.' Michael Provence, University of California, San Diego'… an immensely important book, and it is likely to inspire vigorous and lively debate about how to understand politics in the Middle East for years to come.' Aaron G. Jakes, Middle East Journal'Although other scholars have studied the role of mass mobilization and street politics in the Middle East, the sheer breadth of this ambitious study sets it apart as an outstanding contribution to the understanding of political upheaval that has engulfed the region for more than a century. Analytically rich and theoretically informed, this book is a major contribution to the literature on Middle Eastern studies … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' M. Dorraj, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Millenarianism, Renewal, Justice, Rights and Reform, 1798–1914; Part II. Patriotism, Liberalism, Armed Struggle, and Ideology, 1914–52; Part III. National Independence, Guerrilla War, and Social Revolution, 1952–76; Part IV. Islamism, Revolution, Uprisings, and Liberalism, 1977–2011; Conclusion; Citations.

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Book SynopsisThe Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522â486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550â330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history.Trade Review'An invaluable new resource for students of the Classical and Near Eastern worlds. Unparalleled in its clear and concise discussion, Ancient Persia draws on rich textual, visual, and archaeological sources to convey a cogent overview of the systems, places, and people who made up the Persian Empire. This tour-de-force is a must-have for scholars and the interested public alike.' Elspeth Dusinberre, University of Colorado, Boulder'Attractively written, concise, and even-handed, this compact presentation fills a notable gap in the available literature. It will find a warm welcome from students and others who wish to familiarize themselves with a key period in the history of ancient Iran.' David Stronach, University of California, Berkeley'Matt Waters' book should now be the first stop for those wanting an introduction to the Achaemenids and the study of them. It is a traditional history handbook, a chronological political narrative punctuated with social themes, but a thoroughly enjoyable one: well written and stimulating, the chapters pull the reader along through the book, and while concise it is packed with information and satisfyingly detailed, lucid discussions … this book is a strong synthesis, which will be instrumental in disseminating the gains of the last decades of Achaemenid studies to a broad readership and in encouraging scholarship that transcends the traditional disciplinary boundaries of Classics and Ancient Near Eastern studies. It is not only useful, but a model of engaging scholarly writing, and a good read.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review'Concise but never superficial, this monograph is destined to become essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Persia … Well written, documented, and illustrated.' W. Kotter, Choice'Ancient Persia offers a well-written and clear introduction to the Achaemenid Empire by one of the leading contemporary historians of the empire. It is a welcome addition to the growing number of resources for this important era, and it will be of great service to lecturers and students.' Review of Biblical Literature'With its concise narrative, its basic examinations of aspects of Achaemenid military and administrative practices, ideology, and religion, its sustained effort to locate these in an expansive Near Eastern context, its very clear and detailed maps, and its numerous illustrations, Waters' book provides the best introduction to the history of the Achaemenid Empire.' Stephen Ruzicka, Ancient History Bulletin'Ancient Persia is, in the best sense of the word, a handbook; Waters's notes, bibliographical references, and suggestions for further reading hit the right notes and the right works for beginners. … Welcome aids include a full timeline, numerous in-text figures and illustrations, as well as a detailed stemma of the Achaemenid dynasty.' London Review of BooksTable of Contents1. Introduction: tracking an empire; 2. Forerunners of the Achaemenids: the first half of the first millennium BCE; 3. Persia rising: a new empire; 4. From Cyrus to Darius I: empire in transition; 5. Darius the king; 6. Mechanics of empire; 7. Xerxes, the expander of the realm; 8. Anatomy of empire; 9. Empire at large: from the death of Xerxes to Darius II; 10. Maintaining empire: Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III; 11. Twilight of the Achaemenids; 12. Epilogue; Appendix A. Timeline; Appendix B. Chronological chart of Achaemenid Persian kings; Appendix C. Lineages (family tree) of the Achaemenid royal family; Appendix D. Further readings.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first florescence of early state and urban societies in the alluvial lowlands of Mesopotamia over nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. Susan Pollock's approach is explicitly anthropological, and draws on contemporary theoretical perspectives to enrich our understanding of the ancient Mesopotamian past. It explores the ways people of different genders and classes contributed and responded to changes in political, economic, and ideological realms. The interpretations are based on studies of regional settlement patterns, faunal remains, artifact distributions and activity patterning, iconography, texts and burials.Trade Review' … a very useful addition to the growing body of secondary archaeological literature on Mesopotamia … It is also well written, carefully referenced, indexed, suitably illustrated and includes an annoted bibliography. As such, it should certainly appeal to its audience.' AntiquityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Geographic setting and environment; 3. Settlement patterns; 4. Making a living: tributary economics of the fifth and fourth millennia; 5. A changing way of life: the oikos-based economy of the third millennium; 6. The growth of bureaucracy; 7. Ideology and images of power; 8. Death and the ideology of community.

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Book SynopsisThe 1948 war led to the creation of the state of Israel, the fragmentation of Palestine, and to a conflict which has raged across the intervening sixty years. The historical debate likewise continues and these debates are encapsulated in the second edition of The War for Palestine, updated to include chapters on Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. In a preface to this edition, the editors survey the state of scholarship in this contested field. The impact of these debates goes well beyond academia. There is an important link between the state of Arab-Israeli relations and popular attitudes towards the past. A more complex and fair-minded understanding of that past is essential for preserving at least the prospect of reconciliation between Arabs and Israel in the future. The rewriting of the history of 1948 thus remains a practical as well as an academic imperative.Trade Review'The result is a book which is rich in new material and new insights and which enhances considerably our understanding of the historical roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict.' The Middle East' … a scholarly, readable volume that will provoke more debate …'. Reviews in History'This stimulating guide to the complex political and military topography of the 1948 war sets new, rigorous standards for subsequent scholars, and should be required reading for anyone who needs to understand what the whole Arab-Israeli business is about.' Contemporary Review'… a cogent and comprehensive work on the central event in the Middle East in the year 1948 … The War for Palestine demonstrates a dedication to empirical research and a determination to draw independent conclusions'. English Historical Review'This volume presents important and original scholarship on the 1948 war … It succeeds in bringing together historians from different backgrounds and demonstrates their ability to communicate and jointly challenge historical myths.' American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences'This critical look at internal factors on the Arab side is most welcome in order to understand the events of 1948.' Journal of Peace ResearchTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure Rashid Khaldi; 2. Revisiting the Palestinian exodus of 1948 Benny Morris; 3. The Druze and the birth of Israel Laila Parsons; 4. Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948 Avi Shlaim; 5. Jordan and 1948: the persistence of an official history Eugene L. Rogan; 6. Iraq and the 1948 war: mirror of Iraq's disorder Charles Tripp; 7. Egypt and the 1948 war: internal conflict and regional ambition Fawaz A. Gerges; 8. Syria and the Palestine War: fighting King 'Abdullah's 'Greater Syria Plan' Joshua Landis; 9. Collusion across the Litani? Lebanon and the 1948 war Matthew Hughes; 10. Saudi Arabia and the 1948 Palestine War: beyond official history Madawi Al-Rasheed; 11. Afterword: the consequences of 1948 Edward W. Said.

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Book SynopsisLester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. He is also Series Editor of our own Library of Second Temple Studies Series.Trade ReviewLester Grabbe has once again provided us with a well-researched and judiciously argued volume, this time laying out for us an excellent summary of the cultural backgrounds for the rise of 'Israel'. Masterfully weaving together historical, biblical and archaeological sources, Prof. Grabbe presents an overview of the cultural and historical background of 2nd millennium BCE Canaan and its environs, the region in which biblical Israel and Judah formed during the early Iron Age. Advanced students of archaeology, Bible and ancient Near Eastern Studies will find this an excellent resource to understand the genesis of Israel and Judah. Highly recommended! * Professor Aren Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Israel *Lester Grabbe worked through the History of Ancient Israel like an archaeologist, from the top strata down. Three volumes on the Persian and Hellenistic periods were followed by a by a magisterial study of the Iron Age monarchies, and now, finally, on Israel’s beginnings in the Late Bronze Age. Both YHWH and Israel are first attested in this period. This fact is undeniable and calls for proper consideration, which it amply receives in the sober and comprehensive manner which we learnt to appreciate in Grabbe’s previous books. * Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland *[Grabbe] enriches us with a seasoned, post-enlightenment history. * The Society for Old Testament Study Book List *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Third Millennium Context Part II: Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1600 BCE) Chapter 3: Ancient Near Eastern Context Chapter 4: Syria and Palestine Part III: Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BCE) Chapter 5: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria Chapter 6: Palestine/Canaan Part IV: Early Iron Age (c. 1200-900 BCE) Chapter 7: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria and Transjordan (1200-900 BCE) Chapter 8: Palestine (1200-900 BCE) Part V: Conclusions Chapter 9: The Origins of Israel - A Holistic Approach Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLittle is known about Arabia in the sixth century, yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. A renowned classicist, G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this obscure and dynamic period in the history of Islamexploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad's prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. The Crucible of Islam offers a compelling explanation of how one of the world's great religions took shape. A remarkable work of scholarship.Wall Street JournalA little book of explosive originality and penetrating judgment The joy of reading this account of the background and emergence of early Islam is the knowledge that Bowersock has built it from solid stones A masterpiece of the historian's craft.Peter Brown, New York Review of BooksTrade ReviewThe Crucible of Islam is a remarkable work of scholarship. -- Christopher Carroll * Wall Street Journal *Erudite and lucid…Bowersock’s fluency with specialist literature and his ability to transform scattered research into a coherent narrative are admirable. -- Chase Robinson * Times Literary Supplement *To write about the Arabian background of the Prophet Muhammad, about the origin of Islam in Mecca and Medina, and about the first conquests that led to the formation of the Arab empire (roughly between 560 and 690 AD) is to attempt to describe the first moments of a supernova—the flash of a stupendous detonation that marks the death of a massive star and the release of enormous amounts of energy. G.W. Bowersock has met this challenge in a little book of explosive originality and penetrating judgment…With The Crucible of Islam we reach the very center of this roiling world. We look into the depths of the crucible itself, to seize, in a true historical perspective, the ‘molten ingredients’ that came to form Islam. His book is an exercise in the art of historical truth. Bowersock is a classical scholar. He derives his skills from a tradition that reaches back to the Renaissance, to Erasmus and to Lorenzo Valla, whose demolition of the legendary Donation of Constantine he has himself translated with gusto. His book derives its strength from the method advocated by the great classical scholar Richard Bentley (1662–1742): ratio et res ipsa—reason confronting the thing itself…Part of the joy of reading this account of the background and emergence of early Islam is the knowledge that Bowersock has built it from solid stones, the weight of every one of which he has tested with his own critical mind. Secure that we are in the hands of a master, let us think about the implications of the substantial gains to scholarship that Bowersock has brought us in this compressed masterpiece…We must be grateful to Bowersock for giving us, at this time, a masterpiece of the historian’s craft. -- Peter Brown * New York Review of Books *An impressive undertaking…A tour de force of late antiquity, deftly interrogating the interconnections and relations between major and minor Middle Eastern powers to ‘provide a glimpse into the chaotic environment that made Islam possible.’ -- Alfons Teipen * Religious Studies Review *[An] inspiring and broad-sighted approach that Bowersock brings with this book to the lively field of Islamic origins. -- Suleyman Dost * Speculum *This work is highly recommended for those interested in the religious and political attitudes that gave rise to Islam. -- Muhammed Hassanali * Booklist *This is an invaluable examination of the origins of a great religion. -- G. M. Smith * Choice *Bowersock paints a concise portrait of Islam’s early formation and consolidation, focusing on the political, social, economic, and religious conditions of 6th- and 7th-century Arabia…Bowersock clearly and succinctly describes the stage upon which Islam emerged, and also dispels certain rumors, myths, and half-histories that have come to dominate popular notions of the period (and even persist in scholarship)…Given the historical and current relationships and tensions among various groups of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this brief and easily digestible introduction will interest and please a wide variety of readers. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisBoth memoir and critique, Methodists and Muslims follows Richard Bulliet's expansive career, starting with his beginnings in Illinois to his entrée into the then-arcane field of Islamic Studies and culminating in the controversial visit to New York City by President Ahmadinejad of Iran.Trade ReviewIt would take most people many lifetimes to cover the ground that Professor Bulliet has covered, both intellectually and geographically. From his Midwestern roots to his deep Middle Eastern engagement, from the Koran to comic books, a record of a truly unique life and mind. -- D. B. Weiss, cocreator of Game of ThronesBulliet has a way of connecting the dots that informs, entertains, or even startles on occasion. Who knew that the founding fathers of Wahhibism and Methodism were born in the same year? What does that have to do with the life and education of the author? A lot, as it turns out. Read it. You’ll see. -- Gary Sick, author of The October Surprise and moderator of Gulf/2000Bulliet parallels his own adventures in academe and abroad, with a view from the inside—and the edge—of the entire field of American Middle East Studies from the 1960s to the present. Laced with iconoclastic observations, Bulliet trains his unrelenting sights on that most problematic and enduring descriptor: Orientalist. -- Denise A. Spellberg, author of Thomas Jefferson’s Qu’ran: Islam and the FoundersFilled with crisp memories refracted through passionate self-reflection, Bulliet’s narrative journey vividly conveys the quest to understand oneself while thinking deeply yet broadly about others, issues, and the momentous impacts of seemingly localized events. A must-read! -- Jamsheed K. ChoksyRichard Bulliet’s passion for academic excellence, combined with his emphasis on ‘diversity and a little bit of craziness,’ is reflective of his unique vision as well as the broader possibilities that refreshingly run counter to conventional historical study. -- Nina Ansary, author of Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender InequalityAt its heart Methodists and Muslims is a page-turning story of how a white male, from a Methodist family in Rockford, Illinois, became an Ivy League professor of medieval Islamic history. Writing from the vantage point of retirement, the scars of loss (both personal and professional), and the insatiable curiosity of an eclectic mind, Bulliet challenges the over-determinacy of humanistic ‘models’ like Orientalism by telling us a story—his story. -- Anver Emon

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Book SynopsisTerritorial borders, identity borders, and many other kinds of social and cultural borders are constantly questioned in the Israel-Palestine debate. In Reapproaching Borders, a new generation of scholars explore the concept of borders and how they are imagined and actualized in this deeply contested land.Trade ReviewThis collection brings together exciting new work by a group of innovative younger scholars who are at the cutting edge of research on the modern history of Palestine, Israel and Zionism. Their explorations of how territorial and ethnic as well as intellectual boundaries in a variety of domains have been constructed and maintained—but also frequently crossed—help open up promising new ways of thinking about Arab-Jewish relations and interactions. -- Zachary Lockman, Professor of Modern Middle East history, New York UniversityAn intreguing reading of the memoirs of an Arabic-speaking Jewish businessman....This book should be of interest to anyone interested in the history and politics of Israel-Palestine, as well as broader audiences concerned with sociology of law and medicine, space, architecture and conflict, states, and gender. * Journal of Palestine Studies *This is an exciting cross-disciplinary look at the intersecting Israeli-Palestinian communities over time. The organizing metaphor of shifting and porous borders is an excellent way to unify this new research. -- Michelle Mart, associate professor of history, Pennsylvania State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Investigating Borders in the case of Palestine/Israel Part 2 Narrating the Past Chapter 3 Filling a Gap in the Chronology: What Archaeology is Revealing about the Ottoman Past in Israel Chapter 4 Remembering Jewish-Arab Contact and Conflict Chapter 5 Re-Approaching the Borders of Nazareth (1948-1956): Israel's Control of an all-Arab City Part 6 Constructing Healthy Identities and Landscapes Chapter 7 Defining National Medical Borders: Medical Terminology and the Making of Hebrew Medicine Chapter 8 Contested Bodies: Medicine, Public Health, and the Mass Immigration to Israel Chapter 9 Seeing the "Holy Land" with New Eyes: Undocumented Labor Migration, Reproductive Health, and the Fluctuating Borders of the Israeli National Body Chapter 10 Masculinity as a Relational Mode: Palestinian Working-class Gender Ideologies and Categorical Boundaries in a Jewish-Palestinian Mixed Town Chapter 11 From Water Abundance to Water Scarcity (1936-1959): A 'fluid' history of Jewish subjectivity in Historic Palestine and Israel Part 12 Shaping Citizens and Space in Palestine/Israel Chapter 13 Seizing Locality in Jerusalem Chapter 14 Present and Absent: Historical Invention and the Politics of Place in Contemporary Jerusalem Chapter 15 Framing the Borders of Justice: Shari'a Courts in Israel and the Conflict Between Secular Ideology and Islamic Law Chapter 16 Modernity and its Mirror: Three Views of Jewish-Palestinian Interaction in Jaffa and Tel Aviv Chapter 17 Concluding Remarks

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