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Gaza : a history / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by John King.

Filiu, Jean-Pierre.; King, John.
2014
DS110.G3 F5413 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Gaza : a history / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by John King.
Author
Filiu, Jean-Pierre.
Uniform Title
Histoire de Gaza. English
ISBN
9780190201890 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
0190201894 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
Published
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Language
English
Language Note
Translation of: Histoire de Gaza.
Description
xiv, 422 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DS110.G3 F5413 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
953/.1
Summary
"Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders, and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 20,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area that neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history."-- Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and indexes.
Added Author
King, John.
Series
Comparative politics and international studies series.
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Gaza before the Strip : The crossroads of empires
The Islamic era
The British mandate
1947-67: The generation of mourning : The catastrophe
Refugees and fedayin
The first occupation
Nasser's children
1967-87: The generation of dispossession : The four years war
The era of the notables
The alien peace
The new wave
1987-2007: The generation of the intifadas : The revolt of the stones
A sharply limited authority
Days of fury
One Palestine against another
Conclusion : The generation of impasses? : Five years in the ruins.

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