Aharon Kellerman 
Society and Settlement [PDF ebook] 
Jewish Land of Israel in the Twentieth Century

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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

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