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Beyond the wall : chapters on urban Jerusalem / Heike Zaun-Goshen ; with a foreword by Toddy Kollek.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783838273150
  • 383827315X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 915.694 23
LOC classification:
  • DS109
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword by Teddy Kollek; I INTRODUCTION; II ROCKS OF AGES -- Jerusalem's Architecture; III VILLAGES AND HAMLETS -- Arab Dwellings in Jerusalem's Environs; IV ONION-SHAPED DOMES -- The Russian Compound; V CITY OF THE JEWS -- The Emergence of the Jewish Suburbs; VI A LITTLE KINGDOM OF GOD -- The German Colony; VII VILLAS AND MANSIONS -- The Arab New City; VIII THE BUKHARANS -- Summer Guests from Central Asia; IX JERUSALEM'S QUARTIER LATIN -- The Street of the Prophets; X THE AMERICAN COLONY -- Social Work and Business; XI THE LION OF JUDAH -- Jerusalem's Ethiopian Community
XII EACH BUILDING HAS A PAST -- Houses with HistoriesXIII A PLACE TO STAY -- Jerusalem's First Tourist Accommodations; XIV ARTS AND ARTISANS -- Bezalel and the Alliance Israélite; XV TREASURE TROVES -- The City's Museums; XVI WATER IN JERUSALEM -- Water Supply for a Desert Town; XVII EPILOGUE; JERUSALEM TIMELINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Photo Credits
Summary: Beyond the Wall sheds light on some of the enigmas of Jerusalem's more recent past, telling the tale of its growth from a provincial town somewhere in the Turkish Empire into a modern city. The book also includes two chapters on Arab Jerusalem and a preface by Teddy Kollek, who served as the city's mayor for almost thirty years.
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Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword by Teddy Kollek; I INTRODUCTION; II ROCKS OF AGES -- Jerusalem's Architecture; III VILLAGES AND HAMLETS -- Arab Dwellings in Jerusalem's Environs; IV ONION-SHAPED DOMES -- The Russian Compound; V CITY OF THE JEWS -- The Emergence of the Jewish Suburbs; VI A LITTLE KINGDOM OF GOD -- The German Colony; VII VILLAS AND MANSIONS -- The Arab New City; VIII THE BUKHARANS -- Summer Guests from Central Asia; IX JERUSALEM'S QUARTIER LATIN -- The Street of the Prophets; X THE AMERICAN COLONY -- Social Work and Business; XI THE LION OF JUDAH -- Jerusalem's Ethiopian Community

XII EACH BUILDING HAS A PAST -- Houses with HistoriesXIII A PLACE TO STAY -- Jerusalem's First Tourist Accommodations; XIV ARTS AND ARTISANS -- Bezalel and the Alliance Israélite; XV TREASURE TROVES -- The City's Museums; XVI WATER IN JERUSALEM -- Water Supply for a Desert Town; XVII EPILOGUE; JERUSALEM TIMELINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Photo Credits

Beyond the Wall sheds light on some of the enigmas of Jerusalem's more recent past, telling the tale of its growth from a provincial town somewhere in the Turkish Empire into a modern city. The book also includes two chapters on Arab Jerusalem and a preface by Teddy Kollek, who served as the city's mayor for almost thirty years.

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