Ilan Pappe traces the history of the Palestine from the Ottomans in the 19th century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this region. This second edition includes the events of…
This book deals with the link between art and national ideology and specifically between the artistic activity that emerged in Jewish Palestine in the first decades of the twentieth century and the Zionist movement.
The author offers an analysis of the politics of state building in the Middle East, viewed through the lens of health. Elise Young argues that gendered, raced and classed constructions of health are central to such state building processes.
"Defying the binary and Eurocentric view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ella Shohat's work, as a whole, dares to engage the deeper historical and cultural questions swirling around colonialism, Orientalism, and nationalism. Spanning several decades, Shohat's work has intro…
Jewish symbols in the Greco-Roman period
by Neusner, Jacob, Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell
fromBollingen series
History, historiography and history-writing -- Approaches to the social world of the Bible -- The archaeology of ancient Palestine and statehood -- An historical-anthropological approach -- The first Israel : the rise of the House of Omri.
"Contributions examine all the key aspects of the Late Bronze Age as relevant to Biblical history"--Résumé de l'éditeur
This critique of Left Zionism argues a Jewish-only state cannot offer peace or justice for Palestinians.
