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SHORTER NOTICES

SHORTER NOTICES RECENT BOOKS MAPPING SOCIAL HISTORY Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine 1880–1948, by Mark LeVine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. xv + 248 pages. Notes to p. 376. Bibliography to p. 416. Index to p. 442. $29.95 paper; $65.00 cloth. Reviewed by James L. Gelvin For the past forty years or so, urban histories have been a staple of Middle East historiography. Historians now have available a number of meticulously researched studies of Arab cities during the modern period, including (but not limited to) studies of Acre, Aleppo, Alexandria, Algiers, Beirut, Cairo, and Haifa. However rich these accounts may be, Mark LeVine’s smart and provocative history of Jaffa/Tel Aviv takes Arab Middle Eastern urban history to an entirely new level. The most striking aspect of LeVine’s work is the way he incorporates into his study the best of cultural history and social theory, particularly postcolonial theory—tools that were unavailable or shunned as too modish by many of his predecessors. Applying the techniques of cultural history enables LeVine to present the history of Jaffa and Tel Aviv in terms of the lived experience of their planners and inhabitants and to make the cities come http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Palestine Studies University of California Press

SHORTER NOTICES

Fischbach, Michael R.
Journal of Palestine Studies , Volume 35 (2) – Jan 1, 2006
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RECENT BOOKS MAPPING SOCIAL HISTORY Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine 1880–1948, by Mark LeVine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. xv + 248 pages. Notes to p. 376. Bibliography to p. 416. Index to p. 442. $29.95 paper; $65.00 cloth. Reviewed by James L. Gelvin For the past forty years or so, urban histories have been a staple of Middle East historiography. Historians now have available a number of meticulously researched studies of Arab cities during the modern period, including (but not limited to) studies of Acre, Aleppo, Alexandria, Algiers, Beirut, Cairo, and Haifa. However rich these accounts may be, Mark LeVine’s smart and provocative history of Jaffa/Tel Aviv takes Arab Middle Eastern urban history to an entirely new level. The most striking aspect of LeVine’s work is the way he incorporates into his study the best of cultural history and social theory, particularly postcolonial theory—tools that were unavailable or shunned as too modish by many of his predecessors. Applying the techniques of cultural history enables LeVine to present the history of Jaffa and Tel Aviv in terms of the lived experience of their planners and inhabitants and to make the cities come

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Published: Jan 1, 2006

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