Table of Contents

Tables Figures Preface 1. Setting the Scene Approaches to the Study of Settlement Processes in Geography A Framework for the Study of Settlement Processes in the Land of Israel Conclusion Part 1: Transitions in the Priorities of Zionist Objectives and in Their Geographical Implementation 2. Pre-State Ideological Settlement Activity Introduction Zionist Objectives: Territory, Population, Mode of Life The Cooperative Settlement: 1908-1936 The Cooperative Settlement: 1936-1948 3. Ideological Settlement Activity Since 1948 Between Village and Development Town: 1948-1957 The Development Towns: 1948-1961 The Development Towns: 1961-1987 A New Territorial Challenge: The West Bank and Gaza Summary and Conclusions Part 2: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Conflict Through Complementarity 4. Incubation and Formation of a Capital City and a Core Area Introduction Geographical-Historical Roots An Eternal Capital versus a Young Core 5. Cultural and Economic Characteristics of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa: Differences and Struggle Economic Specializations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Summary and Conclusions Part 3: Frontiers and Peripheries in Israel 6. The North Periphery and Frontier Frontiers and Peripheries in Israel: A General Discussion The Valleys The Galilee Haifa 7. The South The Negev Summary and Conclusions 8. Society and Settlement in the Jewish Land of Israel: Past, Present, and Future Incubation Formation Maturation Turbulence What Next? References Index

About the Author

Aaron Kellerman is Professor of Geography at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Reviews

"The study covers important new ground and provides a comprehensive view of the evolution of land settlement patterns since the nineteenth century. Kellerman draws on a wide range of studies in Hebrew - from statistical to literary - to explain the development of urban, suburban, and rural settlements." - Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College "I like the manner in which the author integrates the concepts of 'society' and 'territory' in a unique way, seeing them as almost organically related rather than as completely separate entities. This volume deals with questions and concepts which are absolutely central to the State of Israel, and thus will come to be regarded as an important work of scholarship in the future." - Gregory S. Mahler, University of Mississippi