Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation - Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate Palestine

Informationen zum Autor Weldon C. Matthews is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Oakland University! Michigan USA. Klappentext This groundbreaking book re-examines the rise of nationalism in Palestinian politics! using a wide range of sources. Matthews argues that the advocacy of nationalist identity was inextricably interlinked with resistance to British imperialism. He probes early self-perceptions of Palestinian nationalism and its changing relationship with Islamic and pan-Arab identities. Zusammenfassung Palestinian Arab nationalism is often portrayed as an elite ideology that did not gain popular appeal until after 1948. This book reexamines the rise of nationalism in Palestinian politics. It shows that the new generation of Arab nationalists which emerged in the 1920s sought to construct an inclusive public sphere around the idea of the nation.

Product details

• Authors: Weldon Matthews, Weldon C Matthews
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2006
• EAN: 9781845111731
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-173-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Library of Middle East History; Library of Middle East History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas