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British Water Policy in Mandate Palestine: Environmental Orientalism and Social Transformation (2013)

Broich, John (Author)

Environment and History
Volume: 19, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 255-281

DOI: 10.3197/096734013X13690716950028

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Water supply Science and race Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence Great Britain, colonies Water resource management Farms Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture 20th century Palestine

During the period of the British Mandate in Palestine, British water policies combined with Zionist groups' settlement and `development' activities to drastically change the waterscape in the region. The changing water conditions had dire consequences for rural Arabs' ability to carry on farming, support livestock, and undertake water-dependent industries. The roots of British water policy lay in part in conceptions of the so-called Arab `race'. An instance of `environmental Orientalism', this case offers an opportunity to examine links between racial conceptions and environmental changes that had lasting influence on landscapes and peoples.

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