A Land With A People

Author : Esther Farmer,Rosalind Pollack Petchesky,Sarah Sills
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781583679302

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A Land With a People by Esther Farmer,Rosalind Pollack Petchesky,Sarah Sills Pdf

"A Land With A People began as a storytelling project of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City and subsequently transformed into a theater project performed throughout the New York City area. A Land With A People elevates rarely heard Palestinian and Jewish voices and visions. It brings us the narratives of secular, Muslim, Christian, and LGBTQ Palestinians who endure the particular brand of settler colonialism known as Zionism. It relays the transformational journeys of Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Palestinian and LGBTQ Jews who have come to reject the received Zionist narrative. Unflinching in their confrontation of the power dynamics that underlie their transformation process, these writers find the courage to face what has happened to historic Palestine, and to their own families as a result. Stories touch hearts, open minds, and transform our understanding of the "other"-as well as comprehension of our own roles and responsibilities. A Land With a People emerges from this reckoning. Contextualized by a detailed historical introduction and timeline charting 150 years of Palestinian and Jewish resistance to Zionism, this collection will stir emotions, provoke fresh thinking, and point to a more hopeful, loving future-one in which Palestine/Israel is seen for what it is in its entirety, as well as for what it can be"--

Author : Shlomo Sand
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844679461

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The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand Pdf

What is a homeland and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. Sand’s account dissects the concept of “historical right” and tracks the creation of the modern concept of the “Land of Israel” by nineteenth-century Evangelical Protestants and Jewish Zionists. This invention, he argues, not only facilitated the colonization of the Middle East and the establishment of the State of Israel; it is also threatening the existence of the Jewish state today.

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429930574

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Israel Is Real by Rich Cohen Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER In AD 70, when the Second Temple was destroyed, a handful of visionaries saved Judaism by reinventing it, taking what had been a national religion and turning it into an idea. Whenever a Jew studied—wherever he was—he would be in the holy city, and his faith preserved. But in our own time, Zionists have turned the book back into a temple, and unlike an idea, a temple can be destroyed. With exuberance, humor, and real scholarship, Rich Cohen's Israel is Real offers "a serious attempt by a gifted storyteller to enliven and elucidate Jewish religious, cultural, and political history . . . A powerful narrative" (Los Angeles Times).

Author : Rachel Peden
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 025322229X

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The Land, the People by Rachel Peden Pdf

"Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf; c1966 by Rachel Peden."--T.p. verso.

Author : Rowland Edmund Prothero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108025300

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The Land and Its People by Rowland Edmund Prothero Pdf

This survey of British agriculture is an important source for social and economic historians, especially of the First World War.

Author : Tim D. Harmon
Publisher : Beyond Words Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032749957

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The Land & the People--the Republic of China by Tim D. Harmon Pdf

Photographer Tim Harmon has spent the past five years photographing the Republic of China. His sensitive images capture the feelings of the land, its people in both work and play, and the spirit that inspires this country. The Chinese government has given Tim Harmon special access to previously unphotographed areas, cultures, landscapes, and islands in the Republic of China archipelago. You will view several aboriginal cultures living as they have for the past ten thousand years. The Republic of China has changed overnight from an agrarian to an industrial society, making it one of the economic miracles of this century. Both in photography and text this book reveals the dynamic of a changing culture while maintaining a traditional heritage. The introduction by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek traces the history of the Republic of China from its inception to the present day. As the matriarch of the country, she helped shape its forty-nine-year history. At age 94 she still embodies the moral values and principles that inspire this fledgling democracy. Included in the text are essays by Caspar Weinberger, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and current publisher of Forbes Magazine; C. F. Koo, Senior Adviser to the presidency of the Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce; Dr. Jason Hu, director general and spokesperson for the R.O.C.; and commentaries by a number of Chinese writers.

Author : Marianne Ignace,Ronald E. Ignace
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773552036

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Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws by Marianne Ignace,Ronald E. Ignace Pdf

Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia. Told through the lens of past and present Indigenous storytellers, this volume detail how a homeland has shaped Secwépemc existence while the Secwépemc have in turn shaped their homeland. Marianne Ignace and Ronald Ignace, with contributions from ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, archaeologist Mike Rousseau, and geographer Ken Favrholdt, compellingly weave together Secwépemc narratives about ancestors’ deeds. They demonstrate how these stories are the manifestation of Indigenous laws (stsq'ey') for social and moral conduct among humans and all sentient beings on the land, and for social and political relations within the nation and with outsiders. Breathing new life into stories about past transformations, the authors place these narratives in dialogue with written historical sources and knowledge from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, earth science, and ethnobiology. In addition to a wealth of detail about Secwépemc land stewardship, the social and political order, and spiritual concepts and relations embedded in the Indigenous language, the book shows how between the mid-1800s and 1920s the Secwépemc people resisted devastating oppression and the theft of their land, and fought to retain political autonomy while tenaciously maintaining a connection with their homeland, ancestors, and laws. An exemplary work in collaboration, Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws points to the ways in which Indigenous laws and traditions can guide present and future social and political process among the Secwépemc and with settler society.

Author : Chad Montrie
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780807862636

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To Save the Land and People by Chad Montrie Pdf

Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement that engaged in acts of civil disobedience and industrial sabotage. Both comprehensive and comparative, To Save the Land and People chronicles the story of surface mining opposition in the whole region, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. Though many accounts of environmental activism focus on middle-class suburbanites and emphasize national events, the campaign to abolish strip mining was primarily a movement of farmers and working people, originating at the local and state levels. Its history underscores the significant role of common people and grassroots efforts in the American environmental movement. This book also contributes to a long-running debate about American values by revealing how veneration for small, private properties has shaped the political consciousness of strip mining opponents.

Author : Anita Shapira
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948 by Anita Shapira Pdf

The book traces the history of attitudes toward power and the use of armed force within the Zionist movement from an early period in which most leaders espoused an ideal of peaceful settlement in Palestine, to the acceptance of force as a legitimate tool for achieving a sovereign Jewish state. “[A] classic... This brilliant intellectual history by a distinguished Tel Aviv University scholar shows how the exilic Jewish aversion to Machtpolitik shriveled in the crucible of state-building. Mainstream Zionism, which never saw itself as a movement of European usurpers, evolved what Shapira calls a ‘defensive ethos’ under British rule that skirted both compromise and confrontation with the Arabs. It hoped to dull enmity by offering Palestine's Arabs everything as individuals but nothing as a people. But when the proto-intifada of the Arab Revolt erupted in 1936, a new ‘offensive ethos’ recognizing the inevitability of an Arab-Jewish clash and the legitimacy of the sword gained ground among Mandate Palestine's Jews. Shapira's lucid, searching book — a model of historical curiosity and craft — is indispensable for anyone seeking to understand modern Israel, whose sense of its own power coexists painfully alongside a sense of fearful victimhood.” — Foreign Affairs “Shapira succeeds... in presenting more than a one-dimensional intellectual history of the Zionist movement... Displaying her skills as a serious historian and a fine writer, Shapira offers a nuanced and even-handed examination of a variety of elements within the Jewish community based on a rich selection of original sources.” — The Historical Journal “A rich and sophisticated work that nicely complements more conventional political-historical studies of the Arab-Israeli conflict... Shapira sifts through a vast body of material, ranging from essays, poems, and memoir literature to the unpublished minutes of political party and youth group meetings. Shapira interprets these sources with sensitivity and insight. Shapira writes with power, compassion, and warmth... a landmark book that is an outstanding contribution to the history of Zionist political thought and culture.” — American Historical Review “This is a superb book. It is a well-researched, detailed, and scholarly account that provides new and valuable insights into the dilemma posed by the formation and elaboration of a more forceful Israeli military posture.” — The Historian “Shapira’s powerful, well-written... lucid intellectual history of a segment of the Zionist movement... is fascinating and easy to read... highly educational.” — Journal of Economic History “Anita Shapira provides an excellent analysis of the different debates within Zionism during the pre-state period... Altogether, this is an intellectual history of the Zionist Movement well worth reading. It is meticulously researched and analysed, incomparable in terms of depth, and essential for anyone with an interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Zionism and contemporary Jewish history.” — The English Historical Review “[A] comprehensive political history of pre-1948 Palestine... The book is lucidly written, well researched, based on extensive primary and secondary resources. The translation from the Hebrew edition by William Templer is outstanding... this is perhaps the most conceptually sophisticated and thematically integrated work on the Yishuv recently written... Land and Power is a significant and an excellent contribution to our understanding of Zionism and the Yishuv.” — Shofar

Author : Benedict Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Burma
ISBN : 1854246461

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A Land Without Evil by Benedict Rogers Pdf

The gentle Karen, a tribe in Burma's eastern regions, call their country a land without evil. They number between four and five million, and have been fighting for half a century to keep their land and identity. Many - at least 40 per cent - are Christians, and have suffered particularly harsh treatment. Burma today, and Karen State in particular, is a land torn apart by evil. It is a land ruled by a regime which took power by force, ignored the will of the people in an election, and survives by creating a climate of fear. It is a land terrorised by a military regime which to this day perpetrates a catalogue of crimes against humanity. It takes people for forced labour, uses villagers as human minesweepers, captures children and forces them to become soldiers, systematically rapes ethnic minority women, and burns down villages and crops. It is a regime which has killed thousands of people in the ethnic minority areas. This compassionate but unflinching account of the Karen's predicament is an important step in galvanising Western opinion about this ongoing act of genocide.

Author : Donna Rosenthal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0684869721

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The Israelis by Donna Rosenthal Pdf

Rosenthal explores a people who, while consciously living in a war zone, contribute to one of the most vibrant civic societies anywhere. It is the story of ordinary people living in an extraordinary place.

Author : Anna Uhl Chamot,Kathleen Anderson Steeves
Publisher : LONGMAN
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000061165991

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Land, People, Nation by Anna Uhl Chamot,Kathleen Anderson Steeves Pdf

An overview of United States history written for speakers of English as a second language.

Author : Peter Barnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015003747790

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The People's Land by Peter Barnes Pdf

Author : Jim Sinatra,Phin Murphy
Publisher : Melbourne University
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 0522848613

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Listen to the People, Listen to the Land by Jim Sinatra,Phin Murphy Pdf

A collection of stories about the relationship people have with the land. The voices that speak to us belong to ordinary Australians living in rural and remote areas. They are pastoralists and graziers, opal miners, environmentalists, former city people, and Aboriginal men and women.

Author : Peter Forbes,Helen Whybrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015042409055

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Our Land, Ourselves by Peter Forbes,Helen Whybrow Pdf