Rethinking nationalism in the Arab Middle East / James P. Jankowski and Israel Gershoni, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski -- Pt. I. Narrativity I: Mechanics of Historiography: How Academics Construct Nationalist History. 1. Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920-1945: Old and New Narratives / Israel Gershoni. 2. The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections / Fred Halliday. 3. The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case / Gabriel Piterberg -- Pt. II. Narrativity II: Mechanics of Ideology: How Nationalists Construct Nationalist History. 4. The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered / William L. Cleveland. 5. The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq During the Interwar Period, 1921-1941 / Reeva S. Simon. 6. Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman / Beth Baron -- Pt. III. Discursive Competitions: The Interplay of Rival Nationalist Visions.

7. Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922-1952 / Donald M. Reid. 8. Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952-1958 / James Jankowski -- Pt. IV. Polycentrism. 9. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917-1923 / Rashid Khalidi. 10. The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities / Musa Budeiri. 11. Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence / Emmanuel Sivan -- Pt. V. Nationalist Diffusion from the Bottom Up: Other Voices. 12. The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts / James L. Gelvin. 13. Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below / Zachary Lockman. 14. The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited / Philip S. Khoury.