The Population of Palestine: Population History and Statistics of the Late Ottoman Period and the Mandate (Institute for Palestine Studies Series) |  | Author: Justin McCarthy
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2,220,715
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 242
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 0231071108
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.6095694
EAN: 9780231071109
ASIN: 0231071108
Publication Date: October 15, 1990
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Product Description
This book utilizes the official statistics of the Ottoman government and British mandate to establish what the actual facts about the Palestinian population were. It presents a detailed statistical picture of the inhabitants of Palestine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including fertility and mortality rates, and Jewish and Arab immigration figures. The Population of Palestine offers invaluable information and analysis, much of which is unavailable elsewhere, clarifying crucial questions about the history of Palestine prior to the creation of Israel.
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Unbiased and academic, finally March 4, 2008
Dave Duncan
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This controversial subject has previously been treated with highly charged, political biases. The most obvious being Joan Peters' "From Time Immemorial" which is extremist propaganda.
McCarthy's book is the first truly un-biased, academic work I've seen on historical population surveys in this region and it is performed by a real scholar on this subject that is not an Arab, not Jewish, or someone with an agenda. It should be considered essential reading on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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