Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948

by Mark Levine and Mark LeVine

This landmark book offers a truly integrated perspective for understanding the formation of Jewish and Palestinian Arab identities and relations in Palestine before 1948. Beginning with the late Ottoman period Mark LeVine explores the evolving history and geography of two cities: Jaffa, one of the oldest ports in the world, and Tel Aviv, which was born alongside Jaffa and by 1948 had annexed it as well as its surrounding Arab villages. Drawing from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243714
• ISBN13: 9780520243712
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"