1. Modern cities, colonial spaces, and the struggle for modernity in the eastern Mediterranean -- 2. From cedars to oranges : a history of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv region from antiquity to the late Ottoman period -- 3. Taming the Sahara : the birth of Tel Aviv and the last years of Ottoman rule -- 4. Crossing the border : intercommunal relations in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv region during the Mandate period -- 5. A nation from the sands? : images of Jaffa and Tel Aviv in Palestinian Arab, Zionist, and Israeli literature, poetry, and prose -- 6. Ceci N'est Pas Jaffa (This is not Jaffa) : architecture, planning, and the evolution of national identities in Jaffa and Tel Aviv, 1880-1948 -- 7. Planning to conquer : the role of town planning in the expansion of Tel Aviv, 1921-1948 -- 8. The new-old Jaffa : locating the urban, the public, and the modern in Tel Aviv's Arab neighborhood.