Land of progress: Palestine in the age of colonial development, 1905-1948

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A study of Palestine in the early twentieth century that takes a step back from the intricacies of the Arab-Zionist conflict focusing instead on the country's position within the broader history of empire and anti-colonial resistance.

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

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Publication Date:2013.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Description:1 online resource : : illustrations, maps

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ISBN:9780191648113, 0191648116, 0191750786, 9780191750786
oclc:ocn837244659
LC Classification:DS126
Dewey Decimal:956.9404

Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Currencies -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- Starting points -- The first age of colonial development -- Towards a multi-centred view of development -- 1. Ottoman Colonial Development: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Colonial time frames -- i. Extract and export: the growth of port cities in Ottoman Syria -- ii. Palestine in the era of Ottoman development: merchants and intellectuals

""Iii. The emergence of Haifa as an Ottoman port city""""iv. The road to the Dead Sea: mineral prospecting in the late Ottoman era""; ""2. Agents of Development: Jews, Arabs, and the Middlemen of Empire""; ""Wartime transformations""; ""i. Colonial development and empire migration after the First World War""; ""ii. Jewish â€?utilityâ€? in the wider colonial world""; ""iii. Images of Jews in the British colonial imagination""; ""iv. Middle men in the â€?Middle Seaâ€?""; ""3. The â€?City of the Futureâ€?: Haifa, Capital of British Palestine""; ""The gateway to a British Middle East""

""I. Haifa as a new exit point for raw materials""""ii. All routes lead to Haifa: railways…

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Asia British colonies Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- 20e sièc… Great Britain -- Colonies -- 20th centu… History HISTORY -- Middle East Middle East -- Palestine Palestine -- Histoire -- 1917-1948 Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948