In the shadow of the wall : the life and death of Jerusalem's Maghrebi Quarter, 1187-1967 /
"The Maghrebi Quarter of Jerusalem long sat in the shadow of the Western Wall, the last vestige of the Second Temple. Three days after the June '67 War, Israeli forces razed the Quarter, its narrow alleys widened and homes removed, to create the Western Wall Plaza. With this book, Vincent...
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a place for history
- Prologue : the legal foundation of a Jerusalem neighborhood : the founding act of the Waqf Abu Madyan
- In the empire of the sultans : stewardship and consolidation during the Ottoman era
- In the turmoil of war and the mandate : a coveted and undermined quarter (1921-1936)
- Protection and imperial ambition : France up against the wall (1948-1954)
- Colonial constructions and geopolitical upheaval : the orphans of empire (1955-1962)
- Expel and demolish : history of a political decision (June 1967)
- Collecting the evidence, documenting the disappearance
- Epilogue : the archives in the ground : appearance, disappearance
- Conclusion : a wall of silence.