Hidden histories Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
Record details
- ISBN: 9781849645454 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1849645450 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780745328317 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0745328318 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780745328300 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 074532830X (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiii, 272 p.) : ill. - Publisher: London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-254) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : understanding the history of the eastern Mediterranean ---- Part I. Ancient myths, religions, and cultures. 1. "Canaan nails" : idealized perceptions and their uses --- 2. Polytheistic origins of monotheism --- 3. Sacred sites, pagan roots --- 4. Ugaritic revelations : what an ancient city tells us --- 5. Wheels of fortune : the alphabet ---- Part II. Modern myths and (de)colonized history. 1. "Last of the Phoenicians" : identity questions --- 2. Appropriation : Zionist cultural takeover --- 3. Self-colonization : symptoms and outcomes --- 4. Cats of Jerusalem --- 5. Politics of place names --- 6. Epilogue : retrieving the ancient subaltern. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | History. |