| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 640 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 18 |
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-616) and index. |
| Contents |
Background : a brief history -- The idea of 'transfer' in Zionist thinking before 1948 -- The first wave : the Arab exodus, December 1947 -- March 1948 -- The second wave : the mass exodus, April -- June 1948 -- Deciding against a return of the refugees, April -- December 1948 -- Blocking a return -- The third wave : the Ten Days (9-18 July) and the second truce (18 July -- 15 October) -- The fourth wave : the battles and exodus of October -- November 1948 -- Clearing the borders : expulsions and population transfers, November 1948 -- 1950 -- Solving the refugee problem, December 1948 -- September 1949. |
| Summary |
While the focus remains on the 1948 war and the analysis of the Palestinian exodus, this edition contains more information about what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how events there led to the collapse of Palestinian urban society. |
| Subject |
Refugees, Arab.
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Palestinian Arabs.
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Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees.
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Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948.
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| ISBN |
0521811201 hardback |
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9780521811200 hardback |
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0521009677 paperback |
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9780521009676 paperback |
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