Dov Gavish

The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is an impressive historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135766658
• Artikelnr.: 47892177

Autorenporträt

Dov Gavish is Director of the Ariel Photographs Archives, and also lectures in the Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous publications include 50 Years of Mapping Israel, 1948-1999, Salt of the Earth: From the Palestine Potash to the Dead Sea Works and Land and Map: The Survey of Palestine, 1920-1948.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Mapping of Palestine: Historical Background 1. The First Maps
Based on Original Surveys 2. The Transitional Period - From the Land
Problem Under the Military Administration to the Survey System of the
Government of Palestine Part 2: The Survey System 3. Organizing the System
4. Geodetic and Cartographic Considerations Part 3: The Cadastral Survey
5. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1920-1927 6. The Cadastral Maps
7. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1928-1948 Part 4: The
Topographic Map 8. The Topographic Map - A National Monument 9. The
Topographic Map - Layout, Structure, Sources Part 5: The Map of Mandate
Palestine 10. The Map of Palestine and the Imperial Cartographic System

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Part 1: The Mapping of Palestine: Historical Background 1. The First Maps Based on Original Surveys 2. The Transitional Period - From the Land Problem Under the Military Administration to the Survey System of the Government of Palestine Part 2: The Survey System 3. Organizing the System 4. Geodetic and Cartographic Considerations Part 3: The Cadastral Survey 5. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1920-1927 6. The Cadastral Maps 7. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1928-1948 Part 4: The Topographic Map 8. The Topographic Map - A National Monument 9. The Topographic Map - Layout, Structure, Sources Part 5: The Map of Mandate Palestine 10. The Map of Palestine and the Imperial Cartographic System

Rezensionen

'It is a tribute to Dr Gavish that he has so successfully incorporated and interwined the many threads relating to the survey, personalities involved and the effect of changing national and international politics. The result is an extremely fascinating, readable and learned account of the Survey of Palestine.' - IMCoS Journal

'Dr Dov Gavish of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is to be congratulated for his masterly control of the fascinating subject of his book. The research undertaken has been based on extensive, and quoted, source material.' - IMCoS Journal

'It is a tribute to Dr Gavish that he has so successfully incorporated and interwined the many threads relating to the survey, personalities involved and the effect of changing national and international politics. The result is an extremely fascinating, readable and learned account of the Survey of Palestine.' - IMCoS Journal

'Dr Dov Gavish of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is to be congratulated for his masterly control of the fascinating subject of his book. The research undertaken has been based on extensive, and quoted, source material.' - IMCoS Journal