Table of Contents

Foreword Sylvie KedouriePreface. Introduction 1. Town Planning and the Urban and Rural Landscapes 2. Agriculture 3. Forestry 4. Land 5. The Partition Plans 6. The Shephelah: A Case Study

About the Author

Roza El-Eini was an undergraduate at University College and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, gaining a B.Sc. (Hons); and has an M.Litt. from the Faculty of Modern History, Middle East Centre, St Anthony's College, Oxford University; and a PhD. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her PhD. was awarded First Prize in a National competition in Israel for the year 2000 by the Dr Aharon and Advocate Josef Ben-Shamesh Fund. Dr El-Eini is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Reviews

'In this award-wining author's ground-breaking study, an incisive, highly documented analysis is made of the galvanising changes wrought to Mandate Palestine by the British rule in town planning, agriculture, forestry land, the partition plans and a case study.' - Asian Affairs, Nov 2006 'This book is a major contribution to research on British Palestine and will interest those in Middle East, history, geography, development and colonial/postcolonial studies.' - Asian Affairs, Nov 2006