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By Roza El-Eini

ISBN-10: 0714654264

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Mandated panorama: British imperial rule in Palestine, 1929–1948 ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ, ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: RoutledgeАвтор(ы): Roza I.M. El-EiniЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2006Количество страниц: 705ISBN: 0–7146–5426–4Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 5,36 mbAt the tip of the 1st international warfare and at the break-up of the Ottoman Empire, the quarter of Syria–Lebanon fell into the French orbit, whereas Palestine, Trans-Jordan and Iraq (Mesopotamia) fell into that of the British. those areas, although, didn't turn into colonies yet, as with the previous German colonies in Africa, have been special Mandated territories as a substitute. not like colonies, Mandated territories might target at complete independence, and the League of countries was once answerable for safeguarding their administration.In this huge examine at the effect of British imperial rule at the panorama of Mandated Palestine, Dr Roza I.M. El-Eini concentrates on city and rural making plans, agriculture, forestry, land and partition, taking the Shephelah (the Lowlands) as a case examine. in the course of their greater than 30 years within the kingdom (1917–48), the British have been obligated to set up a central authority which used to be to make sure the phrases of the League of countries, instead of their very own strategic pursuits. RAPIDили IFOLDER zero

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Woodrow Wilson’s (1913–21) belief in self-determination, embodied in his Fourteen Points set down in January 1918, and the establishment of the League of Nations in 1920, Britain was instead granted a Mandate for Palestine on 25 April 1920 at the San Remo Conference. In initiating the Mandates system, the League of Nations saw a means by which to deal with the ceded territories of the defeated Central Powers after the First World War. Of the ‘A’ Mandated territories – previously of the Ottoman Empire, and considered to be more advanced administratively than the former German overseas possessions in Africa and Oceania, making up ‘B’ and ‘C’ Mandates – the British got Palestine, Trans-Jordan and Iraq.

Abd al-Qadir Yasin has looked at the Arab struggle in Palestine during the Mandate; Muhammad M. 117 Historians in Middle Eastern studies and Jewish history, as well as sociologists, have been involved in a lengthy and, at times, acrimonious debate further developed in the 1980s (with its roots in previous writings, notably by Uri Avnery and Simha Flapan) by Benny Morris, Ilan Pappé and Avi Shlaim – labelled ‘new historians’. 118 Nur Masalha and Beshara B. 120 The debate belatedly drew in historical geographers, though even then resulting in very short studies.

Table 2. 1 — [Statistics not available] — a For Muslims, Christians and total population, 1940–42. Source: Bachi, Population of Israel, p. 244. 155 There were also municipal, local and village councils. This subject is further discussed in the chapter on the Urban and Rural Landscapes. After a short period under Foreign Office control, responsibility for Palestine was transferred to the Colonial Office in 1922, which – along with the Treasury – sought to put British interests first. Few 18 Mandated Landscape Map 1.

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