The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub: Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka - Paperback
by Jacob Norris
$20.99
$25.00
-16%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Availability:In StockContributor:Jacob NorrisSeries:Worlding the Middle EastPublish date:2023-01-24Pages:290
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503633759ISBN-10:1503633756UPC:9781503633759Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, World, ModernBook Topic:Israel & Palestine, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2NKQHC84
The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub: Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka
This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via steamship with suitcases stuffed with French francs, Philippine pesos, or Salvadoran colones. They returned with news of mysterious lands and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503633759ISBN-10:1503633756UPC:9781503633759Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle East, World, ModernBook Topic:Israel & Palestine, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2NKQHC84
Jacob Norris is Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948 (2013) and codeveloper of the website Planet Bethlehem.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.