The Crime of Nationalism: Britain, Palestine, and Nation-Building on the Fringe of Empire - Paperback

The Crime of Nationalism: Britain, Palestine, and Nation-Building on the Fringe of Empire - Paperback

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by Matthew Kraig Kelly (Author)

The Palestinian national movement gestated in the early decades of the twentieth century, but it was born during the Great Revolt of 1936-39, a period of Arab rebellion against British policy in the Palestine mandate. In The Crime of Nationalism, Matthew Kraig Kelly makes the unique case that the key to understanding the Great Revolt lies in what he calls the "crimino-national" domain--the overlap between the criminological and the nationalist dimensions of British imperial discourse, and the primary terrain upon which the war of 1936-39 was fought. Kelly's analysis amounts to a new history of one of the major anticolonial insurgencies of the interwar period and a critical moment in the lead-up to Israel's founding. The Crime of Nationalism offers crucial lessons for the scholarly understanding of nationalism and insurgency more broadly.

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A major contribution that deals with a key moment in Palestinian history. Kelly shows convincingly that Palestinians launched and persisted in their armed struggle largely in response to the violent methods that Great Britain routinely employed during its colonial occupation. He demonstrates as well how the British government and media and their Zionist allies consistently refused to recognize the revolt's political character, and instead insisted on labeling it as a criminal enterprise rather than as a nationalist mobilization.--Ted Swedenburg, author of Memories of Revolt: The 1936-1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past

"This is a compelling book that narrates how the British engaged with the Palestinian revolt. Kelly demonstrates the blindness of the British Mandate Government (and the Colonial Office) to what was going on in Palestinian society, and proves that this blindness played a causal role in how the revolt unfolded. He also succeeds in exposing the convergence between British and Zionist views throughout most of the revolt. The Crime of Nationalism is a major contribution."--Laila Parsons, author of The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence, 1914-1948

"The Crime of Nationalism is a powerful addition to the literature on Palestine, Zionism, and the pre-1948 conflict between the two nationalist movements, particularly on the 1936-39 revolt."--Mark LeVine, author of Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948

Author Biography

Matthew Kraig Kelly is a historian of the modern Middle East. He has served as a visiting professor at Occidental College and the University of California, Los Angeles, and his work has been published in the Journal of Palestine Studies, Middle East Critique, and other academic journals.


Number of Pages: 264
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Publication Date: October 03, 2017
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by Matthew Kraig Kelly (Author)

The Palestinian national movement gestated in the early decades of the twentieth century, but it was born during the Great Revolt of 1936-39, a period of Arab rebellion against British policy in the Palestine mandate. In The Crime of Nationalism, Matthew Kraig Kelly makes the unique case that the key to understanding the Great Revolt lies in what he calls the "crimino-national" domain--the overlap between the criminological and the nationalist dimensions of British imperial discourse, and the primary terrain upon which the war of 1936-39 was fought. Kelly's analysis amounts to a new history of one of the major anticolonial insurgencies of the interwar period and a critical moment in the lead-up to Israel's founding. The Crime of Nationalism offers crucial lessons for the scholarly understanding of nationalism and insurgency more broadly.

Front Jacket

A major contribution that deals with a key moment in Palestinian history. Kelly shows convincingly that Palestinians launched and persisted in their armed struggle largely in response to the violent methods that Great Britain routinely employed during its colonial occupation. He demonstrates as well how the British government and media and their Zionist allies consistently refused to recognize the revolt's political character, and instead insisted on labeling it as a criminal enterprise rather than as a nationalist mobilization.--Ted Swedenburg, author of Memories of Revolt: The 1936-1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past

"This is a compelling book that narrates how the British engaged with the Palestinian revolt. Kelly demonstrates the blindness of the British Mandate Government (and the Colonial Office) to what was going on in Palestinian society, and proves that this blindness played a causal role in how the revolt unfolded. He also succeeds in exposing the convergence between British and Zionist views throughout most of the revolt. The Crime of Nationalism is a major contribution."--Laila Parsons, author of The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence, 1914-1948

"The Crime of Nationalism is a powerful addition to the literature on Palestine, Zionism, and the pre-1948 conflict between the two nationalist movements, particularly on the 1936-39 revolt."--Mark LeVine, author of Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948

Author Biography

Matthew Kraig Kelly is a historian of the modern Middle East. He has served as a visiting professor at Occidental College and the University of California, Los Angeles, and his work has been published in the Journal of Palestine Studies, Middle East Critique, and other academic journals.


Number of Pages: 264
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: October 03, 2017

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