Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society, 1918-1939

Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society, 1918-1939
ISBN-10
0857718428
ISBN-13
9780857718426
Category
History
Pages
301
Language
English
Published
2000-11-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
May Seikaly

Description

This text looks at the process by which the Arab community of Haifa was transformed during a crucial period in the history of modern Palestine by British mandatory rule, the advent of Zionism and internal dynamics. The author considers the social and economic structure of Haifa before 1918 and examines the process of change which took place. She looks at the attempts by the Arab community to cope with increasingly unfavourable economic and political conditions, showing how the impotence of the leadership and hardship caused popular grievances and culminated in the revolt of 1936-1939 which had its breeding ground in Haifa.

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