LEADER 03979nam 22006374a 450 001 9910777676703321 005 20230124182510.0 010 $a0-292-79687-0 024 7 $a10.7560/706101 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456556 035 $a(OCoLC)182530881 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10172720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240021 035 $a(PQKB)10782217 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442987 035 $a(OCoLC)61491469 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2159 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172720 035 $a(DE-B1597)588104 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796874 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456556 100 $a20040913d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNationalist voices in Jordan$b[electronic resource] $ethe street and the state /$fBetty S. Anderson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin, TX $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70610-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index. 327 $aThe writing of a national narrative -- The "domains" of national identity -- Conceiving Transjordan, 1921-1948 -- Hashemites and Jordanians, 1921-1948 -- Hashemites and Palestinians, 1921-1948 -- Forging the Jordanian national movement (JNM) -- Opposition and cooperation : the state and the Jordanian national movement (JNM), 1952-1956 -- Success and failure : the Jordanian national movement (JNM), 1956-1957 -- The Hashemites ascendant. 330 $aAccording to conventional wisdom, the national identity of the Jordanian state was defined by the ruling Hashemite family, which has governed the country since the 1920s. But this view overlooks the significant role that the "Arab street"?in this case, ordinary Jordanians and Palestinians?played and continues to play in defining national identity in Jordan and the Fertile Crescent as a whole. Indeed, as this pathfinding study makes clear, "the street" no less than the state has been a major actor in the process of nation building in the Middle East during and after the colonial era. In this book, Betty Anderson examines the activities of the Jordanian National Movement (JNM), a collection of leftist political parties that worked to promote pan-Arab unity and oppose the continuation of a separate Jordanian state from the 1920s through the 1950s. Using primary sources including memoirs, interviews, poetry, textbooks, and newspapers, as well as archival records, she shows how the expansion of education, new jobs in the public and private sectors, changes in economic relationships, the establishment of national militaries, and the explosion of media outlets all converged to offer ordinary Jordanians and Palestinians (who were under the Jordanian government at the time) an alternative sense of national identity. Anderson convincingly demonstrates that key elements of the JNM's pan-Arab vision and goals influenced and were ultimately adopted by the Hashemite elite, even though the movement itself was politically defeated in 1957. 606 $aNational characteristics, Jordanian 606 $aArab nationalism$zJordan 606 $aOpposition (Political science)$zJordan 607 $aJordan$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aNational characteristics, Jordanian. 615 0$aArab nationalism 615 0$aOpposition (Political science) 676 $a320.54/095695 700 $aAnderson$b Betty S$g(Betty Signe),$f1965-$0783334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777676703321 996 $aNationalist voices in Jordan$93810994 997 $aUNINA