| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and index. |
| Contents |
The Hebrew map -- White patches -- Exodus -- Ethnic cleansing -- Uprooted and planted -- The signposts of memory -- Saints, peasants, and conquerors -- The last Zionists. |
| Summary |
"As a Young Man, Meron Benvenisti often accompanied his father, a distinguished geographer, when the elder Benvenisti traveled through the Holy Land charting a Hebrew map that would rename Palestinian sites and villages with names linked to Israel's ancestral homeland. Benvenisti's youthful experiences are central to this book, and his story helps explain how an Arab landscape, both physical and human, was transformed into an Israeli, Jewish state." "Benvenisti discusses the process by which new Hebrew nomenclature replaced the Arabic names of more than 9,000 natural features, villages, and ruins in Eretz Israel/Palestine. He then explains how the Arab landscape has been transformed through war, destruction, and expulsion into a flourishing Jewish homeland accommodating millions of immigrants. The resulting encounters between two peoples who claim the same land have raised great moral and political dilemmas, which Benvenisti presents with candor and impartiality."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) |
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Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees.
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Refugees. |
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Israel -- Historical geography.
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Israel. |
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Historical geography. |
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Names, Geographical -- Israel -- History.
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Names, Geographical. |
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History. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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Israel -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Villages -- Israel -- History.
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Villages. |
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Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
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Palestinian Arabs. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kaufman-Lacusta, Maxine, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benvenisti, Meron, 1934- Sacred landscape. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000 9780520211544 9780520234222 (DLC) 99037874 (OCoLC)41967001 |
| ISBN |
9780520928824 (electronic book) |
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0520928822 (electronic book) |
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9780585371856 (electronic book) |
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0585371857 (electronic book) |
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9780520211544 (alkaline paper) |
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0520211545 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520234222 (paperback) |
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0520234227 (paperback) |
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