All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 Paperback – April 13, 2006 by Professor Walid Khalidi, of Oxford and Harvard Universities (Editor).
This authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages that were destroyed or depopulated by Israel in 1948. Little of these once-thriving communities remains: not only have they been erased from the Palestinian landscape, their very names have been removed from contemporary Israeli maps. But to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in their diaspora, these villages were home, and continue to be poignantly powerful symbols of their personal and national identity. The culmination of nearly six years of research by more than thirty participants, this authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages that were destroyed or depopulated during the 1948 war. Going beyond the scope of previously published accounts, All That Remains has relied extensively on field research to pinpoint the precise location of village sites through former residents and guides. The body of the text is devoted to the villages themselves; each village entry comprises statistical data and several narrative sections. These last include a section on the village before 1948 summarizing its history from a wide variety of Arab and Western sources and synthesizing information about the villages' topography, architecture, institutions, and economic activity. Village entries also include a section, based on Israeli as well as Arab accounts, focusing on the military operations that led to the conquest of the village. Finally, entries contain a description of the current status of the site, including post-1948 Israeli settlements established on confiscated village lands. Several hundred photographs, a number of informative maps, and five valuable appendices enhance the text.
Editorial Reviews
"A fundamental research tool for all historians interested in the history of Palestine. A monumental effort ... a major achievement." --Roger Owen, The Middle East Centre, Antony's College, Oxford University, 1992
"This scholarly and dispassionate documentation of a tragedy ... is must reading...." --Ambassador Richard Parker, Middle East Institute, 1992
"This massive, meticulous, rigorous compendium is a milestone in the Palestinians' effort to recover their history." --Michael C. Hudson, Seif Ghobash Professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1992
From the Publisher
Walid Khalidi was born in Jerusalem and is a graduate of the Universities of London and Oxford. He is a distinguished historian and widely recognized authority on Palestine. Professor Khalidi is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard's Center for Middles Eastern Studies, and the author of numerous books and articles in Arabic and English. He taught at Oxford, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard. Khalidi is the general secretary of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Product Details Paperback: 636 pages Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies (April 13, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0887283063
ISBN-13: 978-0887283062
This authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages that were destroyed or depopulated by Israel in 1948. Little of these once-thriving communities remains: not only have they been erased from the Palestinian landscape, their very names have been removed from contemporary Israeli maps. But to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in their diaspora, these villages were home, and continue to be poignantly powerful symbols of their personal and national identity. The culmination of nearly six years of research by more than thirty participants, this authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages that were destroyed or depopulated during the 1948 war. Going beyond the scope of previously published accounts, All That Remains has relied extensively on field research to pinpoint the precise location of village sites through former residents and guides. The body of the text is devoted to the villages themselves; each village entry comprises statistical data and several narrative sections. These last include a section on the village before 1948 summarizing its history from a wide variety of Arab and Western sources and synthesizing information about the villages' topography, architecture, institutions, and economic activity. Village entries also include a section, based on Israeli as well as Arab accounts, focusing on the military operations that led to the conquest of the village. Finally, entries contain a description of the current status of the site, including post-1948 Israeli settlements established on confiscated village lands. Several hundred photographs, a number of informative maps, and five valuable appendices enhance the text.
Editorial Reviews
"A fundamental research tool for all historians interested in the history of Palestine. A monumental effort ... a major achievement." --Roger Owen, The Middle East Centre, Antony's College, Oxford University, 1992
"This scholarly and dispassionate documentation of a tragedy ... is must reading...." --Ambassador Richard Parker, Middle East Institute, 1992
"This massive, meticulous, rigorous compendium is a milestone in the Palestinians' effort to recover their history." --Michael C. Hudson, Seif Ghobash Professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1992
From the Publisher
Walid Khalidi was born in Jerusalem and is a graduate of the Universities of London and Oxford. He is a distinguished historian and widely recognized authority on Palestine. Professor Khalidi is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard's Center for Middles Eastern Studies, and the author of numerous books and articles in Arabic and English. He taught at Oxford, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard. Khalidi is the general secretary of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Product Details Paperback: 636 pages Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies (April 13, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0887283063
ISBN-13: 978-0887283062
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