Issa Khalaf is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loras College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Map Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Acronyms Introduction Part One. Introduction: The Changing Social Basis and Context of Palestinian Arab Factionalist Politics: The Dialectical Effects of Internal and External Socio-Economic Factors 1. State, Society and Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Mandatory Palestine 2. Socio-Economic Change During the Latter Part of the Mandate: Peasants, Workers, and Factionalism 3. Notables, Merchants, and Capitalists in the Arab Pollitical Economy Part Two. Urban Notable Political Leadership: Factionalism and Its Effect on National Integration 4. The Backdrop: British Policy and Palestinian Politics in Regard to the White Paper, 1939-41 5. Notable Politics I: Futile Exercises in Leadership 6. Notable Politics II: External Threat, Internal Domination 7. The Mufti, Palestinian Politics, and Efforts at Socio-Political Unity of Arab Society Part Three. The Reaper of Disunity: External Interference and Internal Collapse, 1947-48 8. Arab Politics and the Palestinians: Nationalism, Dynastic Intrigue, and Political Ambitions 9. British Withdrawal, War, and Disintegration Conclusion Notes Chronology Bibliography Index

Issa Khalaf is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loras College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Map Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Acronyms Introduction Part One. Introduction: The Changing Social Basis and Context of Palestinian Arab Factionalist Politics: The Dialectical Effects of Internal and External Socio-Economic Factors 1. State, Society and Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Mandatory Palestine 2. Socio-Economic Change During the Latter Part of the Mandate: Peasants, Workers, and Factionalism 3. Notables, Merchants, and Capitalists in the Arab Pollitical Economy Part Two. Urban Notable Political Leadership: Factionalism and Its Effect on National Integration 4. The Backdrop: British Policy and Palestinian Politics in Regard to the White Paper, 1939-41 5. Notable Politics I: Futile Exercises in Leadership 6. Notable Politics II: External Threat, Internal Domination 7. The Mufti, Palestinian Politics, and Efforts at Socio-Political Unity of Arab Society Part Three. The Reaper of Disunity: External Interference and Internal Collapse, 1947-48 8. Arab Politics and the Palestinians: Nationalism, Dynastic Intrigue, and Political Ambitions 9. British Withdrawal, War, and Disintegration Conclusion Notes Chronology Bibliography Index

Issa Khalaf is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loras College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Map Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Acronyms Introduction Part One. Introduction: The Changing Social Basis and Context of Palestinian Arab Factionalist Politics: The Dialectical Effects of Internal and External Socio-Economic Factors 1. State, Society and Politics in Late Ottoman and Early Mandatory Palestine 2. Socio-Economic Change During the Latter Part of the Mandate: Peasants, Workers, and Factionalism 3. Notables, Merchants, and Capitalists in the Arab Pollitical Economy Part Two. Urban Notable Political Leadership: Factionalism and Its Effect on National Integration 4. The Backdrop: British Policy and Palestinian Politics in Regard to the White Paper, 1939-41 5. Notable Politics I: Futile Exercises in Leadership 6. Notable Politics II: External Threat, Internal Domination 7. The Mufti, Palestinian Politics, and Efforts at Socio-Political Unity of Arab Society Part Three. The Reaper of Disunity: External Interference and Internal Collapse, 1947-48 8. Arab Politics and the Palestinians: Nationalism, Dynastic Intrigue, and Political Ambitions 9. British Withdrawal, War, and Disintegration Conclusion Notes Chronology Bibliography Index