List of Illustrations
Preface
Map Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Acronyms
Introduction
Part One. Introduction: The Changing Social Basis and Context of Palestinian Arab Factionalist Politics: The Dialectical Effects of Internal and External Socio-Economic Factors
1. State, Society and Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Mandatory Palestine
2. Socio-Economic Change During the Latter Part of the Mandate: Peasants, Workers, and Factionalism
3. Notables, Merchants, and Capitalists in the Arab Pollitical Economy
Part Two. Urban Notable Political Leadership: Factionalism and Its Effect on National Integration
4. The Backdrop: British Policy and Palestinian Politics in Regard to the White Paper, 1939-41
5. Notable Politics I: Futile Exercises in Leadership
6. Notable Politics II: External Threat, Internal Domination
7. The Mufti, Palestinian Politics, and Efforts at Socio-Political Unity of Arab Society
Part Three. The Reaper of Disunity: External Interference and Internal Collapse, 1947-48
8. Arab Politics and the Palestinians: Nationalism, Dynastic Intrigue, and Political Ambitions
9. British Withdrawal, War, and Disintegration
Conclusion
Notes
Chronology
Bibliography
Index