The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries Contributor(s): Sayigh, Rosemary (Author), Chomsky, Noam (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 184277963X ISBN-13: 9781842779637 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: As the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on, it is increasingly important to understand the history of the Palestinian people. Rosemary Sayigh's "The Palestinians" is a classic of radical history. Through extensive interviews with Palestinians in refugee camps, she provides a deeply-moving, grassroots story of how the Palestinians came to be who they are today. Reissued with an extensive new foreword by Noam Chomsky, which brings the story that Sayigh tells up-to-date in the context of the Hamas victory and the war in Lebanon, this book is both a fascinating historical document and an essential insight into the situation in the contemporary Middle East. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: 301.451 |
LCCN: 2007034347 |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.84" W x 8.74" (0.93 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
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Publisher Description: As the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on, it is more important now than ever to understand the history of the Palestinian people. Rosemary Sayigh's The Palestinians is a classic of radical history. Through extensive interviews with Palestinians in refugee camps, she provides a deeply-moving, grassroots story of how the Palestinians came to be who they are today. In their own voices, Palestinians tell stories of the Nabka and their flight from their homeland. Sayigh's powerful account of Palestinians' economic marginalisation the social and psychological effects of being uprooted and the political oppression which they have faced continues to resonate today. Reissued with an extensive new foreword by Noam Chomsky, which brings the story that Sayigh tells up-to-date in the context of the Hamas victory and the war in Lebanon, this book is both a fascinating historical document and an essential insight into the situation in the contemporary Middle East. |