The Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1920-1948
Dr. Dov Gavish
Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
| The Survey of Palestine during the Period of the British Mandate, 1918-1948 is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of this survey project, examines the foundations of this enterprise, and attempts to understand the motivation of those who carried it out. | ||||||
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| Dr. Gavish shows that the survey system under the British Mandate was established with the objective of surveying and mapping Palestine, as demanded by the Zionist Organisation, in order to implement legally binding land settlement and registration of tenure rights and to establish the distribution of land ownership. The land issue was at the core concern of the mapping activity, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. | ||||||
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| This study will be of interest to historians of cartography and land surveys, historians of the British mandate period, the Arab-Israel conflict, experts in Land Law, and those of British colonial administration. With the material being presented in an accessible form, with basic concepts clearly explained, Dr. Gavish's book should also appeal to students of historical geography, cartography, and political science. It is published by Routledge Curzon, under the aegis of the PEF. | ||||||
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Published by: RoutledgeCurzon: January, 2005 This volume is available to PEF Members at the reduced price of £50.00, with all profits donated to the Fund. |
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For Orders and Payments please contact: or Order Survey of Palestine Under the British Mandate (Hardback) |
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