208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1948, Britain withdrew from Palestine, bringing to an end its 30 years of rule in the territory. What followed has been well-documented and is perhaps one of the most intractable problems of the post-imperial age. However, the long-standing connection between Britain and Palestine before May 1948 is also a fascinating story. This volume takes a fresh look at the years of the British mandate for... Read more
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, About the Contributors, Introduction: Britain, Palestine and Empire: The Mandate Years, 1 Flawed Foundations: The Balfour Declaration and the Palestine Mandate, 2 T he Impact of League Oversight on British Policy in Palestine, 3 ‘Our Jerusalem’: Bertha Spafford Vester and Christianity in Palestine during the British Mandate, 4 Views of Palestine in British Art in Wartime and Peacetime, 1914–1948, 5 No Holy Statistics for the Holy Land: The Fallacy of Growth in the Palestinian Rural Economy, 1920s–1930s, 6 The Peel Commission and Partition, 1936–1938, 7 Lawlessness was the Law: British Armed Forces, the Legal System and the Repression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936–1939, 8 ‘An Oriental Ireland’: Thinking about Palestine in Terms of the Irish Question during the Mandatory Era, 9 Palestine, 1945–1948: a View from the High Commissioner’s Office, Index
Biography
Dr Rory Miller is Professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London.
'The volume is not just a fresh look at an indeed popular and challenging subject; Miller has made sure to include contributors that may challenge established visions and opinions... a valuable work for scholars of the Middle East and of imperial history.' Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
