Palestine & Transjordan

ISBN-13: 9780710310286 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 256 str.

Charles B. McLane;Naval

Opis

Produced during the Second World War by the British Naval Intelligence Division, this book provided detailed historical, geographical, social, and economic, information on the region.

Recenzje

"The value of Palestine and Transjordan justifies its presence in any serious library on Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian history." -- Michael Rubin, Middle East Quarterly

Spis treści

PART I. PALESTINE I. INTRODUCTION II. PHYSICAL, GEOGRAPHY III. THE COAST- GEOLOGY REGIONAL TOPOGRAPHY IV. CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND FAUNA V. HISTORY VI. THE PEOPLE RACE AND NATIONALITY, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, CULTURE VII. DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION CENSUS FIGURES, POPULATION INCREASE, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION VIII. ADMINISTRATION CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY, JUSTICE AND CRIME, LANGUAGE AND RELIGION, LAND OWNERSHIP, EDUCATION IX. PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES X. AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, MINERAL INDUSTRIES, OTHER INDUSTRIES XI. BANKING, FINANCE, AND COMMERCE BANKING PUBLIC FINANCE COMMERCE XII. PORTS AND INLAND TOWNS XIII. COMMUNICATIONS RAILWAYS, ROADS, SHIPPING, SERVICES, CIVIL AVIATION, -SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS PART 2 TRANSJORDAN XIV. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, VEGETATION, FAUNA XV. HISTORY OF TRANSJORDAN, EARLIEST TIMES TO ALEXANDER, FROM NABTAEANS TO GHASSANDS, AFTER THE WAR, XVI. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT, ADMINSTRATION, THE PEOPLE, PUBLIC HEALTH, XVII ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, RAILWAYS, TEH PORT of AKABA AND THE ADJACENT COASTS, APPENDIXES

O autorze

Naval Intelligence Division