Israel Gershoni is professor of history at Tel Aviv University.

James Jankowski is professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski
Part I. Narrativity I: Mechanics of Historiography: How Academics Construct Nationalist History
1. Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920–1945: Old and New Narratives, by Israel Gershoni
2. The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections, by Fred Halliday
3. The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case, by Gabriel Piterberg
Part II. Narrativity II: Mechanics of Ideology: How Nationalists Construct Nationalist History
4. The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered, by William L. Cleveland
5. The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq During the Interwar Period, 1921–1941, by Reeva S. Simon
6. Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman, by Beth Baron
Part III. Discursive Competitions: The Interplay of Rival Nationalist Visions
7. Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922–1952, by Donald M. Reid
8. Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952–1958, by James Jankowski
Part IV. Polycentrism
9. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917–1923, by Rashid Khalidi
10. The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities, by Musa Budeiri
11. Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence, by Emmanuel Sivan
Part V. Nationalist Diffusion from the Bottom Up: Other Voices
12. The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts, by James L. Gelvin
13. Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below, by Zachary Lockman
14. The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited, by Philip S. Khoury
Notes
Glossary of Arabic Terms
Works Cited in the Text
Contributors
Index