Weathered by miracles : a history of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the...
Weathered by miracles : a history of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the...
Weathered by miracles : a history of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the mufti / Thomas A. Idinopulos.
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N956.9403/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 283 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The Land Wasted. 1. Land Weathered by Miracles. 2. Conquerors, Explorers, Mapmakers, Artists. 3. A Taste of Equality. 4. Ascending to the Land of Israel -- Pt. 2. The Holy Land Reclaimed. 5. Millenarian Missionaries. 6. Building the New Jerusalem. 7. Dream and Reality. 8. Palestinians and Zio...
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1998.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
In Weathered by Miracles, Thomas Idinopulos tells the story of that one explosive moment in Palestine's long history that began with Napoleon's invasion of the Middle East in 1798 and concluded with the founding of the Jewish state of Israel in 1948. Transformed from a forgotten backwater of the vast Ottoman Empire and propelled onto a world stage,...
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Weathered by miracles : a history of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the mufti / Thomas A. Idinopulos.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index.
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N956.9403/7
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ISBN
1566631890 (alk. paper)
9781566631891 (alk. paper)
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956.9403
MMS ID
991001536799702626
