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Author Grossman, David, 1934-

Title Rural Arab demography and early Jewish settlement in Palestine : distribution and poplation density during the late Ottoman and early Mandate periods / David Grossman ; translated by Marcia Grossman
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Economic, Social, and Political Background -- Migrations and Settlement of Various Ethnic Groups in the Nineteenth Century -- The Population of Palestine: Distribution and Density in the Nineteenth Century -- Demographic Sources for the Years 1871-72 � 1922: Data and Comparative Analysis -- Regional Patterns: Physiography and Historical Events -- Changing Land Pressure: Data, Concepts, and Processes -- Conclusions and Summary of the Main Issues -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index
Summary "This volume explores the distribution of the rural population in Palestine from the late Ottoman period (1870-1917) to the British Mandate period (1917-1948). The book focuses on demography, specifically migrations, population size, density, growth, and the pattern of distribution in rural Palestine before the inception of Jewish settlement (1882). Grossman traces little-known Muslim ethnic groups who settled in Palestine's rural areas, primarily Egyptians, but also Algerians, Bosnians, and Circassians. The author argues that the Arab population in the zones occupied by Jews after 1882 was about one-third that of the Arab core areas; in the period studied, the decline in per-capita rural Arab farmland was mainly due to overall population growth, not displacement of Arabs; economic development suffered largely because of violent disturbances and natural disasters; the pattern of growth of Egyptian and other Muslim groups was similar to that of the Jews. The main conclusions of this study note that the size of the rural Arab population in the zones occupied by Jews after 1882 was about one-tenth of that which occupied the Arab core zones; most Egyptian settlement areas coincided with those of the Jewish zones; between 1870 and 1945, the decline of Arab farmland was mainly due to Arab population growth rather than Jewish land acquisitions; and most migrants (Jewish and Muslim) settlement zones were leftovers characterized by some form of resource disability."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Land settlement -- Palestine -- History -- 19th century
Land settlement -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
Jews -- Palestine -- Population
Palestinian Arabs -- Population
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
Jews -- Population
Land settlement
Palestinian Arabs -- Population
Population
SUBJECT Palestine -- Population -- History
Palestine -- History -- 1799-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097171
Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097172
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781412844543
1412844541
Other Titles Ukhlusiyah ha-ʻArvit ṿeha-maʼaḥaz ha-Yehudi. English