| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
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 |
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""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 �utility� in the wider colonial world""; ""iii. Images of Jews in the British colonial imagination""; ""iv. Middle men in the �Middle Sea�""; ""3. The �City of the Future�: Haifa, Capital of British Palestine""; ""The gateway to a British Middle East"" |
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""I. Haifa as a new exit point for raw materials""""ii. All routes lead to Haifa: railways and air travel""; ""iii. Britain�s agents of development in Haifa: Zionist industry and Jewish workers""; ""iv. Doing business on Kingsway""; ""4. Palestine�s �Undeveloped Estate�: The Exploitation of the Dead Sea""; ""A cursed but precious lake""; ""i. Dead Sea exploration and the compilation of a canon of expertise""; ""ii. �Whoever holds the Dead Sea holds the key to the Middle East�""; ""iii. Bringing the dead to life in the age of colonial development"" |
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5. Toxic Waters: Contesting British Development at Haifa and the Dead Seai. Haifa and the Arab struggle against British colonial development -- ii. Contesting British development at the Dead Sea -- iii. Poison in the water: 1948 and the end of British colonial development -- Conclusion: The Legacies of Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel.
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British colonies
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| SUBJECT |
Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097172
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 20th century
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Asia
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Middle East -- Palestine
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191648113 |
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0191648116 |
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0191750786 |
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9780191750786 |
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