Jerusalem and Its Environs Quarters, Neighborhoods, Villages, 1800-1948 (Israel Studies in Historical Geography) Hardcover - 2001

Ruth Kark, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has authored and edited numerous books and articles-the fruit of her research on the historical, cultural, and settlement geography of Palestine and the State of Israel in the 19th and 20th centuries. Among these works are: The History of Pioneering Settlement in the Negev, 1880-1948: Jaffa, A City in Evolution, 1799-1917: Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Eretz-Israel: The Amzalak Family, 1816-1918 (with Joseph Glass); Redemption of the Land of Israel:
Ideology and Practice; Studies in the Geography of Israel; Jerusalem Neighborhoods: Planning and By-Laws, 1855-1930; Yehoshua Hankin: Middleman and Redeemer (with Irit Amit); American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914; The Land That Became Israel: Studies in Historical Geography; Love, War and Peace in Jerusalem: The Story of the American Colony
(with Helga Dudman).

Michal Oren-Nordheim is a Lecturer in the
Department of The Land of Israel Studies at
Haifa University and teaches at the Avshalom Institute for Israel Studies in Tel Aviv. Dr. Oren-Nordheim's research has focused on the Mandatory period in Palestine and the years following the establishment of the State of Israel. She has published a number of articles in journals on subjects dealing with land policy and settlement forms in the Jewish and Arab sectors. She has considerable experience in leading study tours in Jerusalem and the surrounding region for the Hebrew University, the Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute, and other educational bodies.