Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Symbolic Landscapes
6. 1. Desert as Historical Metaphor 13
7. 2. The Desert Mystique 35
8. 3. Desert as the Counter-Place 65
9. Part II. Shifting Landscapes
10. 4. The Negev Frontier 95
11. 5. The Negev Bedouins 137
12. 6. Unsettled Landscapes 159
13. 7. The Desert and the Tourist Gaze 179
14. Epilogue 213
15. Glossary 229
16. Notes 233
17. Index 327