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04033aam a2200541 i 4500 001 BBB84B3A498511EFAB853F282BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240724010708 008 200831r20212019enkabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781788730273 020 $a 1788730275 035 $a (OCoLC)1191213272 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d DCB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 043 $a awgz--- $a awba--- $a awgz--- 082 04 $a 956.94 $b Ross 100 1 $a Ross, Andrew, $d 1956- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyxhBryQgYG9MgvQ4kv73 245 10 $a Stone men : $b the Palestinians who built Israel / $c Andrew Ross. 250 $a Paperback edition. 264 1 $a London ; $b Verso, $c 2021. 300 $a xx, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, map ; $c 20 cm 500 $a "First published by Verso 2019"--Title page verso 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Conquest and manpower (historic Palestine) -- From Kurkar to concrete and back (Jaffa/Tel Aviv) -- Old and new facts. Restoring the West Bank (Ramallah) ; City on a hilltop (Rawabi) ; Stones of Bethlehem (Jerusalem/Bethlehem) -- Extract, export, and extort (Beit Fajjar) -- Human gold (Green Line). 520 $a "'They demolish our houses while we build theirs.' This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian 'stone men, ' using some of the best-quality limestone deposits in the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built almost every state in the Middle East except one of their own. Today the business of quarrying, cutting, fabricating, and dressing is the Occupied Territories' largest private employer and generator of revenue, and supplies the construction industry in Israel, along with other countries in the region and overseas. Ross's engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of this fascinating ancient trade shows how the stones of historic Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build the state of Israel--in the process, constructing 'facts on the ground'--even while the industry is central to Palestinians' own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation. For more than a century, the hands that built Israel's houses, schools, offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been Palestinian. Looking at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a new light, this book, largely based on field interviews in the region, asks how this record of labor and achievement can and should be recognized"-- $c Publisher's website 650 0 $a Construction industry $z Palestine. 650 0 $a Stonemasonry $z Palestine. 650 0 $a Stonemasons $z Palestine. 650 0 $a Palestinian Arabs $x Employment $z Israel. 650 0 $a Arab-Israeli conflict $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Labor supply $z Palestine $x History. 650 6 $a Construction $x Industrie $z Palestine. 650 6 $a Maçonnerie de pierre $z Palestine. 650 6 $a Maçons $z Palestine. 650 6 $a Conflit israeÌlo-arabe $x Aspect eÌconomique. 650 6 $a MarcheÌ du travail $z Palestine $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Arab-Israeli conflict $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00812223 650 7 $a Construction industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00875964 650 7 $a Labor supply. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990165 650 7 $a Palestinian Arabs $x Employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051601 650 7 $a Stonemasonry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01133935 650 7 $a Stonemasons. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01133937 651 7 $a Israel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204236 $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdgWx83Xb7cjjrMXBJYyd 651 7 $a Middle East $z Palestine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01207534 $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbGRpdjCJGRyrXqt8rTHC 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724074652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BBB84B3A498511EFAB853F282BECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search