Intifada : Palestine at the crossroads / edited by Jamal R. Nassar and Roger Heacock.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-327) and index.

Introduction : On achieveing independence / Ibrahim Abu-Lughod -- The sociology of an uprising : the roots of the Intifada / Samih K. Farsoun, Jean M. Landis -- The effects of Israeli occupation on the economy of the West Bank and Gaza Strip / Samir Abdallah Saleh -- The development of political consciousness among Palestinians in the occupied territories, 1967-1987 / Lisa Taraki -- The emergence of an infrastructure of resistance : the case of health / Mustafa Barghouthi and Rita Giacaman -- The role of the refugee camps / Adil Yahya -- Jeep versus bare feet : the villages in the Intifada / Husain Jameel Bargouti -- From salons to the popular committees : Palestinian women, 1919-1989 / Islah Jad -- Work and action : the role of the working class in the uprising / Joost R. Hiltermann -- The revolt of the petite bourgeoisie : urban merchants and the Palestinian uprising / Salim Tamari -- The Islamic movement and the Intifada / Jean-François Legrain -- The revolutionary transformation of the Palestinians under occupation / Jamal R. Nassar and Roger Heacock -- "Discontented people" and "outside agitators" : the PLO in the Palestinian uprising / Helga Baumgarten -- A symmetry of surrogates : Jordan's and Egypt's response to the Intifada / Ghada Talhami -- The Intifada in American public opinion / Fouad Moughrabi -- The European Community in the Middle East conflict / Jean-Paul Chagnollaud -- The third factor : impact of the Intifada on Isael / Azmi Bishara -- Palestinian elites in the occupied territories : stability and change through the Intifada / Ali Jawbawi -- The future in light of the past / Jamal R. Nassar and Roger Heacock.