The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948 (Routledgecurzon Studies in Middle Eastern History)

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Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 335
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Foreword......Page 17
Part I The historical background to the survey of Palestine......Page 18
1 The first maps based on original surveys......Page 20
2 The transitional period......Page 35
Part II The survey system......Page 58
3 Organising the system......Page 60
4 Geodetic and cartographic considerations......Page 74
Part III The cadastral survey......Page 110
5 The survey and land settlement systems, 1920-1927......Page 112
6 The cadastral maps......Page 154
7 The survey and land settlement systems, 1928-1948......Page 168
Part IV The topographic map......Page 199
8 The topographic map......Page 201
9 The 1:100,000 topographic map......Page 219
10 The map of Palestine and the Imperial cartographic system......Page 252
Appendix A Survey ordinances of Palestine......Page 257
Appendix B High Commissioners for Palestine......Page 262
Appendix C Biographical summaries......Page 263
Glossary......Page 275
Notes......Page 276
Sources and bibliography......Page 306
Index......Page 316
Index of map scales......Page 335

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