Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for The modern history of Jordan / Kamal Salibi. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- The land and its story -- "the stone which the builders refused" -- the dynastic background -- the founder -- putting the country together -- Abdullah and the Palestinian -- a kingdom at a price -- learning the game of nations -- the difficult years -- two sovereignty in conflict -- "a stone for the corner". -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Jordan History 20th century