Overthrowing geography [[electronic resource] ] : Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948 / / Mark LeVine
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LeVine Mark <1966->
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Overthrowing geography [[electronic resource] ] : Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948 / / Mark LeVine
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (460 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 956.94/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - Israel - Tel Aviv |
| Cities and towns - Israel - History | |
| Architecture - Israel | |
| Jews - Colonization - Palestine - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Tel Aviv (Israel) History 20th century |
| Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) History 20th century | |
| Palestine Ethnic relations | |
| Tel Aviv (Israel) In literature | |
| Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel) In literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-416) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Modern Cities, Colonial Spaces, and the Struggle for Modernity in the Eastern Mediterranean; 2 From Cedars to Oranges: A History of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv Region from Antiquity to the Late Ottoman Period; 3 Taming the Sahara: The Birth of Tel Aviv and the Last Years of Ottoman Rule; 4 Crossing the Border: Intercommunal Relations in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv Region during the Mandate Period; 5 A Nation from the Sands? Images of Jaffa and Tel Aviv in Palestinian Arab, Zionist, and Israeli Literature, Poetry, and Prose |
| 6 Ceci N'est Pas Jaffa (This Is Not Jaffa): Architecture, Planning, and the Evolution of National Identities in Jaffa and Tel Aviv, 1880-19487 Planning to Conquer: The Role of Town Planning in the Expansion of Tel Aviv, 1921-1948; 8 The New-Old Jaffa: Locating the Urban, the Public, and the Modern in Tel Aviv's Arab Neighborhood; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This landmark book offers a truly integrated perspective for understanding the formation of Jewish and Palestinian Arab identities and relations in Palestine before 1948. Beginning with the late Ottoman period Mark LeVine explores the evolving history and geography of two cities: Jaffa, one of the oldest ports in the world, and Tel Aviv, which was born alongside Jaffa and by 1948 had annexed it as well as its surrounding Arab villages. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Overthrowing geography |
| ISBN: | 1-4175-9334-2 |
| 0-520-93850-X | |
| 1-59875-537-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450357203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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