Land of progress : Palestine in the age of colonial development, 1905-1948 / Jacob Norris.

By:

Norris, Jacob

Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199669363 (hbk.)
0199669368 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

956.9404 NOR 23

LOC classification:

DS125 .N66 2013

Contents:

Table of contents Introduction ; 1. Ottoman colonial development: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean ; 2. Agents of development: Jews, Arabs, and the middlemen of empire ; 3. The 'city of the future': Haifa, capital of British Palestine ; 4. Palestine's 'undeveloped estate': the exploitation of the Dead Sea ; 5. Toxic waters: contesting British development at Haifa and the Dead Sea ; Conclusions: the legacies of development ; Bibliography ; Index

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BOOKs	National Law School	Reference	956.9404 NOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37152

Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-227) and index.

Table of contents
Introduction ; 1. Ottoman colonial development: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean ; 2. Agents of development: Jews, Arabs, and the middlemen of empire ; 3. The 'city of the future': Haifa, capital of British Palestine ; 4. Palestine's 'undeveloped estate': the exploitation of the Dead Sea ; 5. Toxic waters: contesting British development at Haifa and the Dead Sea ; Conclusions: the legacies of development ; Bibliography ; Index

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