Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDowty's book will serve as an accessible and important work in the field of the history of the Yishuv during the Ottoman period and the early stages of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The combination of attention to detail and a broad overview means that this work will be useful to scholars and students for years to come, and the author deserves every praise for this.
-- Tamir Karkason * H-Judaic *
A seminal work of impeccable and meticulous scholarship, Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine: Two Worlds Collide by Professor Alan Dowty must be considered a core addition to community, college and university library Turkish, Palestinian, and Israeli history collections and supplemental studies curriculums.
* MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *
The rigorous research and scholarly perspective of Alan Dowty's Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine shines a light on issues of the Arab-Israel conflict that others have overlooked.
* Jewish Press.com *
Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine is a study rich with insight and information that is skillfully put into a broader context. You will finish the book with a wealth of knowledge about the past and greater insight into the present.
-- Dinah Rokach * HaShomer *
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Palestine before Zionism
2. Russian Jews before Zionism
3. Two Worlds Collide
4. Unneighborly Relations
5. Truth from the Land of Israel
6. The Arena Expands
7. Battle Lines
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
