UID:
edocfu_9959235992502883
Format:
1 online resource (705 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-135-77239-8
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1-135-77240-1
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1-280-26797-6
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9786610267972
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0-203-01018-3
Content:
In this ground-breaking authoritative study, a highly documented and incisive analysis is made of the galvanising changes wrought to the people and landscape of British Mandated Palestine (1929-1948). Using a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, the book's award-winning author examines how the British imposed their rule, dominated by the clashing dualities of their Mandate obligations towards the Arabs and the Jews, and their own interests. The rulers' Empire-wide conceptions of the 'White man's burden' and preconceptions of the Holy Land were potent forces of change, influencing t
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Spelling of Names; Currency and Measures; Abbreviations; Glossary; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Town Planning and the Urban and; 2 Agriculture; 3 Forestry; 4 Land; 5 The Partition Plans; 6 The Shephelah: A Case Study; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-87011-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7146-5426-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203010181
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