Imperial Perceptions of Palestine
British Influence and Power in Late Ottoman Times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23516586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kamel Lorenzo |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Imperial Perceptions of Palestine (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | I.B.Tauris (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9780755608959 |
| OpenAlex | W2913437186 |
| ISBN | 9780755608959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Palestine Exploration Fund, established in 1865, is the oldest organization created specifically for the study of the Levant. It helped to spur evangelical tourism to the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries which in turn generated a huge array of literature that presented Palestine as a ‘Holy Land’, in which local populations were often portrayed as a simple appendix to well-known Biblical scenarios. In the first book focused on modern and contemporary Palestine to provide a top-down and a bottom-up perspective on the process of simplification of the region and its inhabitants under British influence, Lorenzo Kamel offers a comprehensive outlook based on primary sources from 17 archives that spans a variety of cultural and social boundaries, including local identities, land tenure, toponymy, religious and political charges, institutions and borders. By observing the historical dynamics through which a fluid region composed by different cultures and societies
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Genealogy · Geography · Palestine · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Toponymy · Tourism · Variety (cybernetics) · Visual arts · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |