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Title:Empire in the Holy Land : Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929
Author:Gideon Biger
ISBN:9652238627 : 9789652238627
Illustrations:b/w illus
Format:Hardback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:288
Weight: .49 Kg.
Published:Hebrew University Magnes Press - December 1994
List Price: 45.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Historical geography: Palestine: Political geography


This study describes the contribution of the British Administration to the development of Palestine between 11917-1929. It deals with the relation between a new modern government and changes in the landscape. The special character of the British Administration in Palestine helped to create a new state in the Middle East, a modern state with a geographic "iconography" that reflected British taste and input. This view differs from other works on the British in Palestine which deal mainly with the political history of the area rather than its historical geography.