Pappe, Ilan

Berkeley. 2011. January 2011. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520268395. 399 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Middle Eastern History Biography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ilan PappE is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.' -John Pilger, author of Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire. In this deeply researched political biography, Ilan PappE traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century. Viewing this sweeping saga through the prism of one family, the book sheds new light on crucial events - the invasion of Palestine by Napoleon, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, World War I, western colonialism, and the advent of Zionism - and provides an unforgettable picture of the Palestinian tragedy in its entirety. The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty is the history of Palestinian politics before national movements and political parties: at the height of the Husaynis' influence, positions in Jerusalem and Palestine could only be obtained through the family's power base. In telling the story of one family, the book highlights the continuity between periods customarily divided into pre-modern and modern, pre-Zionist and Zionist, illuminating history as it was actually lived. Copub: Saqi Books. 15 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. inventory #37832 ISBN: 9780520268395.