A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691118970)

It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and recent past. But until now there has been no single volume in English that tells the history of the events--from the Ottoman Empire to the mid-twentieth century--that shaped modern Palestine. The first book of its kind, A History of Palestine offers a richly detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution.

Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, noted historian Gudrun Kr mer examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Paying special attention to social and economic factors, she examines the gradual transformation of Palestine, following the history of the region through the Egyptian occupation of the mid-nineteenth century, the Ottoman reform era, and the British Mandate up to the founding of Israel in 1948. Focusing on the interactions of Arabs and Jews, A History of Palestine tells how these connections affected the cultural and political evolution of each community and Palestine as a whole.

Author: Gudrun Kr舂er
ISBN-10: 0691118973
ISBN-13: 9780691118970
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2008
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.48w x 1.12d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/21/2008 pg. 166
Choice 01/01/2009
New York Review of Books 05/28/0009 pg. 38