Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East

Israel Gershoni
James Jankowski, Editors

New York

Columbia University Press

1997

Bibliographical data

Book Summary and Reviews

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

1. Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920-1945: Old and New Narratives

2. The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections

3. The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case

4. The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered

5. The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq During the Interwar Period, 1921-1941

6. Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman

7. Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922-1952

8. Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952-1958

9. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917-1923

10. The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities

11. Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence

12. The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts

13. Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below

14. The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited

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