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Informationen zum Autor Mark LeVine is Professor of History at UC Irvine. He is the author of An Impossible Peace ! Overthrowing Geography (UC Press! 2005) and Heavy Metal Islam . Gershon Shafir is Professor of Sociology at UC San Diego and Director of its Institution for International! Comparative and Area Studies. He is the author of Land! Labor and the Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict ! National Insecurity and Human Rights (UC Press) and Being Israeli ! winner of MESA's Hourani Award. Klappentext "This wonderful volume illuminates the human dimensions of the complex and often painful history of modern Palestine/Israel by vividly relating the life stories of a variety of individuals and exploring how their experiences have been profoundly shaped by the recurrent struggles over this land. It highlights the importance of human agency in shaping history, but also the impact of historical events and processes on individuals’ life choices. This book is not only a valuable resource for teaching but is also of great value to anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in the perspectives and destinies of those who have lived in its shadows."—Zachary Lockman, New York University. "This book is a welcome and essential addition to the extensive literature on the conflict in Israel/Palestine that tends to overlook the individual and their personal experiences. It is through these personal stories that one best appreciates the complex realities of this land. Each of the powerful narratives chosen by the contributors to this valuable volume is like a microcosmos that teaches us about the diverse realities in Israel and Palestine as a whole. This is a refreshing and original contribution to a field of inquiry that is craving for such a novel approach."—Ilan Pappé, author of The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty Zusammenfassung Too often, the study of Israel/Palestine has focused on elite actors and major events. This title offers defying typical definitions of Israelis and Palestinians, and redefines how we understand both struggle and survival in a troubled region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Edmund Burke III Introduction: Social Biographies in Making Sense of History Gershon Shafir and Mark LeVine Part One. Voices of the Ottoman Past: From the Mountains to the Sea 1. "Left Naked on the Beach": The Villagers of Aylut in the Grip of the New Templers Mahmoud Yazbak 2. The Sephardi Entrepreneur and British Vice-Consul Haim Amzalak Joseph B. Glass and Ruth Kark 3. A Musician's Lot: Wasif Jawhariyyeh's Old Jerusalem Salim Tamari 4. Revolutionary Pioneer: Manya Shochat and Her Commune Gershon Shafir Part Two: From Empire to Empire: Palestine under British Rule 5. Hero or Antihero? S. Yizhar's Ambivalent Zionism and the First Sabra Generation Nitsa Ben-Ari 6. "A Son of the Country": Dr. Tawfiq Canaan! Modernist Physician and Palestinian Ethnographer Philippe Bourmaud 7. The Ordeal of Henya Pekelman! a Female Construction Worker David De Vries and Talia Pfeffermann 8. "A Nation in a Hero": Hajj Mohammad Abdul Rahim and the Arab Revolt Sonia Nimr 9. Hillel Kook: Revisionism and Rescue Becky Kook Part Three: A State Is Born; A Nation Is Dispersed 10. Matar 'Abdelrahim: From a Palestinian Village to a Syrian Refugee Camp Rochelle Davis 11. Joseph Spronz: From the Holocaust to a Safe Shore Gershon Shafir 12. The Trees Die Standing: A Story of a Palestinian Refugee Ramzy Baroud 13. The Brief Career of Prosper Cohen: A Would-Be Leader of Moroccan Jewry Yaron Tsur 14. A Tale of Baghdad and Tel Aviv Aziza Khazz...
