Boundaries of Modern Palestine, 1840-1947

Zusatztext 'Gideon Biger! is to be commended for writing a book of solid scholarly worth...The Boundaries of Modern Palestine ought to be required reading for the statesman as well as for the advanced student' - Aharon Klieman! Tel Aviv University! Studies in Contemporary Jewry An Annual! 2008 Informationen zum Autor Gideon Biger Klappentext This is the first book to deal with one of the major issues in the Middle East: boundary delimitation. Archive sources are used in order to present the hidden motives and activities, the people involved and the actual process itself. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to deal with one of the major issues in the Middle East: boundary delimitation. Archive sources are used in order to present the hidden motives and activities, the people involved and the actual process itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Boundary and its Role in Historical-Political Existence 1. The Delimitation of the Country and the End of the Ottoman Empire 2. The Allocation Stage: World War I and the Division of the Middle East 3. The Southern Boundary During the British Empire 4. The Northern Boundary: From Allocation to Delimitation 5. The Northern Boundary: Demarcation and Administration 6. The Eastern Boundary 7. The Partition Plans, 1937-1947. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Gideon Biger, Gideon (Tel Aviv University Biger, Biger Gideon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2004
• EAN: 9780714656540
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5654-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies