Overthrowing Geography
Subtitle: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780520239944
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; City planning; Tel Aviv (Israel); History - General History; Middle East - General; Palestine; Israel; Middle East - Israel; History / General; Cities and towns; Tel Aviv; 20th century; Architecture; History; Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel); Jews
First sentence: Why has modernity and its antinomies played such an important role in the history of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv region, and through it, in the larger historical and political history of Palestine/Israel?