Jerusalem 1900
The Holy City in the Age of Possibilities
Translated by Catherine Tihanyi and Lys Ann Weiss
224 pages
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22 halftones, 1 table
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6 x 9
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© 2017
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Translators’ Note
Introduction: The Year 1900, the Age of PossibilitiesAcknowledgments
Translators’ Note
Forgotten History
A Moment to Delineate, a Period to Define
The Causes of Failure
The Causes of Forgetting
Why Remember?
An Itinerary
1. The Underside of Maps: One City or Four Quarters?A Moment to Delineate, a Period to Define
The Causes of Failure
The Causes of Forgetting
Why Remember?
An Itinerary
A Rough-cut Cartography
External Boundaries, Internal Fractures
Language, Citizenship, Property: Some Useful Concepts
Inside and Outside City Walls
The Four Quarters: A Late and Exogenous Topography
The New City: Mixed Neighborhoods and Jewish Neighborhoods
Summary: Of People and Places
2. Origins of the City as MuseumExternal Boundaries, Internal Fractures
Language, Citizenship, Property: Some Useful Concepts
Inside and Outside City Walls
The Four Quarters: A Late and Exogenous Topography
The New City: Mixed Neighborhoods and Jewish Neighborhoods
Summary: Of People and Places
Turning One’s Back on the Modern City
Lament over the Tomb-City
A City Becoming Unreadable
From Scholarship to Archaeology
Reconstructing Christ’s Jerusalem
Toward an Intimate History of Archaeology and Pilgrimage
Biblical Archaeology: “No Return” Inventions
3. Still-Undetermined Holy SitesLament over the Tomb-City
A City Becoming Unreadable
From Scholarship to Archaeology
Reconstructing Christ’s Jerusalem
Toward an Intimate History of Archaeology and Pilgrimage
Biblical Archaeology: “No Return” Inventions
Maurice Halbwachs as Advance Scout
Localization and Designation
How to Construct a Holy Site: The Example of the Garden Tomb
Global and Structural Uncertainty
Original Hybridity
4. The Scale of the EmpireLocalization and Designation
How to Construct a Holy Site: The Example of the Garden Tomb
Global and Structural Uncertainty
Original Hybridity
Ottomanism: A Defense against Fracturing Identities?
The Seraglio People: Imperial Administration in Jerusalem
Countering the Image of the “Turk’s Head”: A Gallery of Portraits
September 1, 1900: Imperial Jubilee in Jerusalem
The Road Network: A City Opened Up, a Region Ottomanized
The Railway: A Jewish Contractor, French Capital, and Muslim Inauguration
Ottomanism and Shared Urbanness: Drinking Water for All
5. The Municipal RevolutionThe Seraglio People: Imperial Administration in Jerusalem
Countering the Image of the “Turk’s Head”: A Gallery of Portraits
September 1, 1900: Imperial Jubilee in Jerusalem
The Road Network: A City Opened Up, a Region Ottomanized
The Railway: A Jewish Contractor, French Capital, and Muslim Inauguration
Ottomanism and Shared Urbanness: Drinking Water for All
Origin of the Municipality: An Urban Community?
Garbage Collection and the Municipalization of Urban Powers
Elected Council Members: Citizens, City Dwellers, and Property Owners
Yussuf Ziya al-Khalidi, the Founding Mayor
At the Heart of Municipal Action: The Defense of Public Space
Urbanites All? Public Health, Leisure, and Municipal Finances
6. The Wild Revolutionary Days of 1908Garbage Collection and the Municipalization of Urban Powers
Elected Council Members: Citizens, City Dwellers, and Property Owners
Yussuf Ziya al-Khalidi, the Founding Mayor
At the Heart of Municipal Action: The Defense of Public Space
Urbanites All? Public Health, Leisure, and Municipal Finances
What Time Was It in Jerusalem?
The Wild Days of August 1908: Jerusalem’s Forgotten Revolution
Unexpected Fracture Lines
New Vectors of Lively Public Opinion
Underneath Communities, Classes?
7. Intersecting IdentitiesThe Wild Days of August 1908: Jerusalem’s Forgotten Revolution
Unexpected Fracture Lines
New Vectors of Lively Public Opinion
Underneath Communities, Classes?
Albert Antébi, Levantine Urbanite
An “Arab Awakening” in the Chaos of Battle
Jerusalem and the Parochialism of the “People of the Holy Land”
Jerusalem, the Thrice-Holy City, and the Municipium
Conclusion: The Bifurcation of TimeAn “Arab Awakening” in the Chaos of Battle
Jerusalem and the Parochialism of the “People of the Holy Land”
Jerusalem, the Thrice-Holy City, and the Municipium
The Bird People
Ben-Yehuda, the Outsider
Toward a Shared History
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Ben-Yehuda, the Outsider
Toward a Shared History
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
Choice
"An important book for its theoretical and corrective analysis of the vicissitudes of Jerusalem’s ongoing realities, and a contribution to archaeology and modernization in general. Highly recommended."
Le Monde
“Jerusalem, undoubtedly the most sensitive spiritual and geopolitical hotspot on the planet, counts Lemire among its most original historians. He brings the city to life at a time when ethnic and religious divisions were less entrenched and clear-cut than today.”
Palestine Square
"Jerusalem 1900 chronicles the history of the ancient city at the turn of the century and offers a compelling rebuke to this false Israeli claim that seeks to legitimize Israel’s occupation."
Libération
“This book should be placed in the hands of anyone who is interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—not because Lemire places a spotlight on the news but rather because he provides new historic clarity on the beating heart of the conflict: Jerusalem.”
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