TY - BOOK AU - Ben Aryeh, Yehoshuʿa PY - 2020 DA - 2020// TI - making of Eretz Israel in the modern era: a historical-geographical study (1799-1949) PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg CY - Berlin KW - HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine AB - Frontmatter -- The Balfour Declaration -- Preface -- Contents -- 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 -- 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 SN - 9783110626407 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110626407 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9783110626407.jpg UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110626407 DO - 10.1515/9783110626407 LA - English N1 - Yehoshua Ben-Arieh ID - 1696091438 ER -