Jerusalem 1900 : The Holy City in the Age of Possibilities - Vincent Lemire

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Jerusalem 1900

The Holy City in the Age of Possibilities

By: Vincent Lemire, Catherine Tihanyi (Translator), Lys Ann Weiss (Translator)

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Hardcover | 21 April 2017 | Edition Number 1

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224 Pages

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2.35 x 1.62 x 0.21

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Perhaps the most contested patch of earth in the world, Jerusalemâs Old City experiences consistent violent unrest between Israeli and Palestinian residents, with seemingly no end in sight. Today, Jerusalemâs endless cycle of riots and arrests appears intractableâ"even unavoidableâ"and it looks unlikely that harmony will ever be achieved in the city. But with Jerusalem 1900, historian Vincent Lemire shows us that it wasnât always that way, undoing the familiar notion of Jerusalem as a lost cause and revealing a unique moment in history when a more peaceful future seemed possible.

In this masterly history, Lemire uses newly opened archives to explore how Jerusalemâs elite residents of differing faiths cooperated through an intercommunity municipal council they created in the mid-1860s to administer the affairs of all inhabitants and improve their shared city. These residents embraced a spirit of modern urbanism and cultivated a civic identity that transcended religion and reflected the relatively secular and cosmopolitan way of life of Jerusalem at the time. These few years would turn out to be a tipping point in the cityâs historyâ"a pivotal moment when the horizon of possibility was still open, before the council broke up in 1934, under British rule, into separate Jewish and Arab factions. Uncovering this often overlooked diplomatic period, Lemire reveals that the struggle over Jerusalem was not historically inevitableâ"and therefore is not necessarily intractable. Jerusalem 1900 sheds light on how the Holy City once functioned peacefully and illustrates how it might one day do so again.

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"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."-- "Palestine Square"

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