The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948

ISBN: 9780714656519

出版社: Routledge

出版年: 2005-3

页数: 264

定价: $ 214.70

装帧: HRD

内容简介

This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the roots of the modern survey system of Palestine are to be sought in the Balfour Declaration and its implications regarding land in Palestine. The land issue was at the core of the mapping of Mandatory Palestine, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.