The Making of Eretz Israel in the Modern Era : A Historical-Geographical Study (1799-1949) / Yehoshua Ben-Arieh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Arieh, Yehoshua, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Palestine--History--18th century.

Jews.

Palestine--History.

Palestine.

Middle East--Palestine.

Eretz Israel--Historical geography.

Eretz Israel--History--19th century.

Middle East--Politics and government--19th century.

Eretz Israel--History--1917-1948, British Mandate period.

Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 713 p.)

Place of Publication:

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Napoleon's invasion of the Middle East marks the beginning of the modern era in the region. This book traces the developments that led to the making of a new and separate geographical-political entity in the Middle East known as Eretz Israel and the establishment of the State of Israel within its bounds. Thus, its time frame runs from Napoleon's invasion of Eretz Israel / Palestine in 1799 to the establishment of Israel in 1948-1949. Eretz Israel as the formal name of a separate entity in the modern era first appeared in the early translations into Hebrew of the Balfour Declaration, while in the original document the country was referred to as "Palestine." During the period of Ottoman rule the territory that would in time be called Eretz Israel / Palestine was not a separate political unit. Among Jews, use of "Eretz Israel" increased only after the beginning of Zionist aliyot. Had the Zionist movement not arisen, it is doubtful whether the development to which this study is devoted would have occurred. The motivating force behind that process is without doubt the Zionist element. That is why Jews are the major protagonists in this book.

Contents:

Frontmatter

The Balfour Declaration

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1. When did the modern era begin in Eretz Israel?

Chapter 2. Nineteenth-century travel literature

Chapter 3. Was the Holy Land empty or inhabited in the nineteenth century?

Chapter 4. Nineteenth-century Jewish Jerusalem

Chapter 5. The period of the First Aliyah, 1882-1904

Chapter 6. Herzl and political Zionism, the Second Aliyah, and World War I

Chapter 7. The Balfour Declaration, the British conquest of Eretz Israel, and military rule, 1917-1920

Chapter 8. The peace conferences; developments in Eretz Israel under High Commissioner Herbert Samuel

Chapter 9. High Commissioners Herbert Plumer (1925-1928) and John Chancellor (1929-1931); the riots of 1928-1929

Chapter 10. High Commissioner Wauchope: the first years, 1931-1935

Chapter 11. The end of the British Mandate, 1936-1947

Chapter 12. Israel's War of Independence, 1947-1949

General summary: The making of Eretz Israel as a geographical entity and establishment of the State of Israel within it: The result of a process of 150 years, 1799-1949

Select Bibliography

Index of Persons

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

3-11-062640-3

OCLC:

1149497808