1st Edition

Rural Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine Distribution and Population Density During the Late Ottoman and Early Mandate Periods

By David Grossman Copyright 2011
245 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

245 Pages
by Routledge

This volume explores the distribution of the rural population in Palestine from the late Ottoman period (1870-1917) to the British Mandate period (1917-1948). The book focuses on demography, specifically migrations, population size, density, growth, and the pattern of distribution in rural Palestine before the inception of Jewish settlement (1882). Grossman traces little-known Muslim ethnic... Read more
1: Economic, Social, and Political Background; 2: Migrations and Settlement of Various Ethnic Groups in the Nineteenth Century; 3: The Population of Palestine: Distribution and Density in the Nineteenth Century; 4: Demographic Sources for the Years 1871–72 – 1922: Data and Comparative Analysis; 5: Regional Patterns: Physiography and Historical Events; 6: Changing Land Pressure: Data, Concepts, and Processes; 7: Conclusions and Summary of the Main Issues

Biography

David Grossman