Jacob Norris is Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948 (2013) and codeveloper of the website Planet Bethlehem.

Introduction
1. Of a land called Amerka, Or how ammo Hanna was saved by al-Khadr
2. Of the hallowed ridge, Or how Jubrail learned to profit from Christmas
3. Of Jubrail's forebears, Or the toils of Yousef and Rosa
4. In which Bethlehem gets a new street
5. Of unruly markets and underwater ships
6. Of sunken eyes in a casket, Or how Bethlehem came to be covered in dust
7. Of mechanical wonders on near and distant shores
8. In search of Amerka
9. Of troubles on the Trocadero
10. Of the decline of Hosh Dabdoub, Or how Jubrail's schooling came in useful
11. Of a street named Rosario
12. By the truth of al-Khadr, I went and came back!
13. Of white cities and bronze medals
14. Of fertility potions and the dizzying heights of success
15. Of weeping icons, ghostly armies and visions of the Virgin
16. Of the enchanted palaces of Bethlehem
17. Of hyenas, serpents and French philanthropists
18. Of the resurrection of Jubrail Dabdoub
Epilogue
Author's Commentary