The History and Politics of the Bedouin

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This book examines contending visions on nomadism in modern Palestine, with a special focus on the British Mandate period. It proves that nomadism was not invented by the British or the Zionists, but is the shared legacy of Ottoman, British, Zionist, Palestinian, and most recently, Israeli attitudes to the Bedouin of Palestine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Original Arabs: British Perceptions of the Bedouin before the Mandate 2. The British in Palestine: The Rediscovery of the 'Arab Race' 3. Nomadism as a Racial Domain: The Legacy of Desert Administrators in Palestine 4. Reimagining the Arab Nation: The Tribal Legacy of Aref al-Aref 5. The Erasure of the Hebrew Bedouin: Zionist Perceptions of Nomadism Conclusion Bibliography