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