"...the single most useful source giving details about the administration and the economy of Mandatory Palestine." Roger Owen, Harvard University While prepared in 1945-46, this facsimile copy of the Palestine Government's massive report for an international commission of inquiry covers the entire sweep of the 25-year Mandate period. Comprehensive, well-organized, easy to use, this indispensable research tool on the Mandate provides detailed descriptions and ...
"...the single most useful source giving details about the administration and the economy of Mandatory Palestine." Roger Owen, Harvard University While prepared in 1945-46, this facsimile copy of the Palestine Government's massive report for an international commission of inquiry covers the entire sweep of the 25-year Mandate period. Comprehensive, well-organized, easy to use, this indispensable research tool on the Mandate provides detailed descriptions and statistical data covering population and immigration, land ownership and land tenure systems, agriculture and industry, social services, labor, community and political organization, religious affairs, budgets, communications, and so forth. In short, the survey covers virtually every aspect of life in Palestine on the eve of the UN partition. ISBN 0887282113 (v.1); 0887282148 (v.2); 0887282164 (v.3)