The Palestinian People: A History

601 Pages·2003·3.327 MB·English

by  Baruch Kimmerling, Joel S. Migdal

The
Palestinian
People

The
Palestinian
People
❖
A HISTORY
Baruch Kimmerling
Joel S. Migdal
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge,Massachusetts
London,England
2003
Copyright©1994,2003byBaruchKimmerlingandJoelS.Migdal
Allrightsreserved
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
Anearlierversionofthisbookwaspublishedin1994as
Palestinians:TheMakingofaPeople
Cataloging-in-PublicationdataavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress
ISBN0-674-01131-7(cloth)
ISBN0-674-01129-5(paper)
TothePalestiniansandIsraelis
workingandhopingfora
mutuallyacceptable,negotiatedsettlement
totheircentury-longconflict

CONTENTS
Maps ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
NoteonTransliteration xxiii
Introduction xxv
Part One
FROM REVOLT TO REVOLT:
THE ENCOUNTER WITH
THE EUROPEAN WORLD AND ZIONISM
1. TheRevoltof1834andtheMakingof
ModernPalestine 3
2. TheCity:BetweenNablusandJaffa 38
3. Jerusalem:NotablesandNationalism 67
4. TheArabRevolt,1936–1939 102
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Contents
Part Two
DISPERSAL
5. TheMeaningofDisaster 135
Part Three
RECONSTITUTING THE PALESTINIAN NATION
6. OddManOut:ArabsinIsrael 169
7. Dispersal,1948–1967 214
8. TheFeday:RebirthandResistance 240
9. SteeringaPathunderOccupation 274
Part Four
ABORTIVE RECONCILIATION
10. TheOsloProcess:WhatWentRight? 315
11. TheOsloProcess:WhatWentWrong? 355
Conclusion 398
ChronologicalListofMajorEvents 419
Notes 457
Index 547
viii
MAPS
1. PalestineunderOttomanRule 39
2. TwoPartitionsofPalestine(1921,1949) 148
3. UnitedNationsRecommendationfor
Two-StatesSolutioninPalestine(1947) 149
4. TheExodusofthePalestinians(1948) 159
5. ARefugeeCampSociety
(theMajorPalestinianRefugeeCamps,1948–1991) 160
6. IsraelandOccupiedTerritoriesoftheWestBank
andGazaStrip 242
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