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The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism - Paperback
$75.40
by Muhammad Y. Muslih (Author)
The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism is a historical study by Muhammad Y. Muslih, a Palestinian-American political scientist who has taught at the University of the District of Columbia and specialized in Arab politics and the modern Middle East. First published by Columbia University Press in 1988, the book draws on Ottoman and Arab sources to examine the political elite of Palestine from the late Ottoman period to the early years of the British Mandate.
The work covers the years from 1856 to December 1920, when the third Palestinian Arab Congress met in Haifa. Muslih traces the interplay of Ottomanism, Arabism, and the emerging idea of a distinct Palestinian political identity among the notable families and younger reformers. He examines Arab reactions to Zionism before the First World War, the effects of the Young Turk revolution and the war itself, the rise and fall of Faisal’s Arab government in Damascus, and the collapse of the broader pan-Syrian project. The book argues that Palestinian nationalism took shape as a local response once the wider Arab and Ottoman frameworks had failed, and it situates that development within the institutional politics of the Palestinian elite rather than as a simple reaction to Zionism alone.
Sovereign Archive Publishing is proud to offer this foundational study of modern Palestinian political history. The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism remains essential reading for those curious in nationalist resistance movements in the Middle East, the formation of Palestinian identity, and the political background of the Mandate period.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.76 x 8.98 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: November 17, 1989