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Author Biger, Gideon

Title The boundaries of modern Palestine, 1840-1947 / Gideon Biger
Published London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series RoutledgeCurzon studies in Middle Eastern history ; 1
RoutledgeCurzon studies in Middle Eastern history ; 1.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: the boundary and its role in historical-political existence; The delimitation of the country at the end of the Ottoman period; The allocation stage: World War I and the division of the Middle East; The southern boundary during the British period; The northern boundary: from allocation to delimitation; The northern boundary: demarcation and administration; The eastern boundary; The partition plans, 1937-1947; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This is the first book to deal with one of the major issues in the Middle East - Boundary delimitation. Archive sources are used in order to present the hidden motives and activities, the people involved and the actual process itself
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index
Notes English
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Subject HISTORY.
Boundaries
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Palestine -- Boundaries -- History
Palestine -- Foreign relations
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
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