Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel
- ISBN-10
- 1788730275
- ISBN-13
- 9781788730273
- Series
- Stone Men
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-04-06
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Author
- Andrew Ross
Description
Winner of the 2019 Palestine Book Awards “They demolish our houses while we build theirs.” This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian “stone men,” using some of the best-quality limestone deposits in the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built almost every state in the Middle East except one of their own. Today the business of quarrying, cutting, fabricating, and dressing is the Occupied Territories’ largest private employer and generator of revenue, and supplies the construction industry in Israel, along with other countries in the region and overseas. Ross’s engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of this fascinating ancient trade shows how the stones of historic Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build the state of Israel—in the process, constructing “facts on the ground”—even while the industry is central to Palestinians’ own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation. For more than a century, the hands that built Israel’s houses, schools, offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been Palestinian. Looking at the Palestinian–Israeli conflict in a new light, this book, largely based on field interviews in the region, asks how this record of labor and achievement can and should be recognized.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Stone Man - a Science Fiction Horror Novel
By Luke Smitherd" - SFsignal.com, Hugo award-winning website "If you've read anything else by Luke, you will be wanting to read this. If you've not, then this is as good a place as any to start." - simon211175, Amazon Vine Voice "Tremendous.
-
The Stone Men
By Michael D. BallSoon a perfect replica of one of the Stone Men lay on the floor of the clearing. Without a thought, Timor jumped up from his hiding place and ran down the slope. Drawing his sword, he approached the rumbling stone and the newly formed ...
-
The Stone Men Series Boxed Set 2
By Kathy Lyons, Anna ArgentShe's not human. She's... I don't know what you'd call her, but there are seven of them, all sisters. They collect men like Tristan the way some people collect coins. Whichever sister has the most stonemen, the most beautiful ones, ...
-
The Stone Men Series Boxed Set 1
By Kathy Lyons, Anna ArgentHe'd always tried to be a good man, but no man was truly good enough to deserve a woman like Sue. "I love you, too." She grinned and gifted him with a kiss so ... The End Dear Reader, Thank you for purchasing The Stone Men Boxed Set #1.
-
Men of Stone
By Gayle FriesenFifteen-year-old Ben thinks he has no choice but to leave his beloved ballet classes after his friends tease him about it, but when Great-Aunt Frieda comes for a visit and shares an important story, his feelings are forever changed.
-
The Stone Men, Book One
By Kathy Lyons, Anna ArgentBut the unthinkable is about to claim his lady love.Book 2: MADE FLESH: After inheriting her uncle's statue of a hot, naked man, Sue Sullivan is shocked to learn that the crazy stories about stone men are real, when, on a cold winter night, ...
-
The Men Made of Stone: a new york story
By Logan LoAnd without Ox's men helping you, it's just you." "I know," C said, "but I'm not worried. I've killed enough bangers to not be afraid of one man and, as for the FG, even if they were there, we're ready for them.
-
Stone Cold
By Jane Yolen, Adam StempleSilex is a talking gargoyle on a cathedral in Scotland who moonlights as a detective, assisted by a team of Scottish street urchins who do the grunt work.
-
Stone on Stone: The Men Who Built The Cathedrals
By Imogen CorriganStone on Stone presents the full story of the men who built the cathedrals of the medieval era: who they were, how they lived and how with the simplest of hand tools they created the astonishing buildings that hundreds of years later still ...
-
Stone Men: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery
By Mark SubletteIn the fourth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series... Gallup, New Mexico, near the Navajo Reservation, is home base for an exclusive group of turquoise dealers known as stone men.