Britain, Palestine, and empire: the mandate years

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This volume takes a fresh look at the years of the British mandate; its politics, economics, and culture. The contributors address themes such as religion, mandatory administration, economic development, policing and counter-insurgency, violence, art and culture, and decolonization, in the context of imperial power.

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Full title :Britain, Palestine, and empire : the mandate years / Rory Miller.

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Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Ashgate
Place of Publication:Farnham, Surrey, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 194 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780754668084, 0754668088
oclc:ocn636564730
LC Classification:DS126
Dewey Decimal:956.94/04

Flawed foundations: the Balfour Declaration and the Palestine mandate / James Renton -- The impact of league oversight on British policy in Palestine / Susan Pedersen -- "Our Jerusalem": Bertha Spafford Vester and Christianity in Palestine during the British mandate / Heleen Murre-van den Berg -- Views of Palestine in British art in wartime and peacetime, 1914-1948 / Antoine Capet -- "Unholy statistics in the Holy Land": the fallacy of growth in the Palestinian rural economy during the 1920s and 1930s / Amos Nadan -- The Peel Commission and partition, 1936-1938 / Penny Sinanoglou -- Lawlessness was the law: British armed forces, the legal system, and brutality in Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936-39 / Matthew Hughes -- "An oriental Ireland": thinking about Palestine in terms of the Irish question during the mandatory era / Rory Miller -- Sir Alan Cunningham and the view from Government House, 1945-48 / Motti Golani.

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Diplomatic relations Economic history Eretz Israel -- Economic conditions -- … Eretz Israel -- History -- 1917-1948, B… Eretz Israel -- Politics and government… Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieure… Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- I… Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- P… History Imperialism Imperialism -- History -- 20th century Impérialisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Israel -- Foreign relations -- Great Br… Mandates Mandates -- Eretz Israel Mandates -- History -- 20th century. --… Mandats internationaux -- Histoire -- 2… Middle East -- Palestine Palestine -- Conditions économiques -- …