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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Ben-Arieh, Yehoshua,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 713 p.)

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 bo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• The Balfour Declaration
• Preface
• Contents
• Part One: The late Ottoman period 1799–1917/18
• 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
• Part Two: The British Mandate period 1917/18–1947/48
• 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