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The Global History of the Balfour Declaration (Routledge Studies in Modern History) - Hardcover

Book 15 of 113: Routledge Studies in Modern History

Rhett, Maryanne A.

 
9781138119413: The Global History of the Balfour Declaration (Routledge Studies in Modern History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138119415 ISBN 13: 9781138119413
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This book examines the development and issuance of the Balfour Declaration, the document that set the stage for the creation of the state of Israel, within its global setting. The heart of the book demonstrates that the Declaration developed and contributed to a juncture in a global dialogue about the nature and definition of nation at the outset of the twentieth century. Embedded in this examination are gendered, racial, nationalistic, and imperial considerations. The work posits that the Balfour Declaration was a specific tool designed by the manipulation of these ideas. Once established, the Declaration helped, and hindered, established imperial powers like the British, nascent imperial powers like the Japanese and Indians, and emerging nationalist movements like the Zionists, Irish, Palestinians, and East Africans, to advocate for their own vision of national definition.

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About the Author

Maryanne A. Rhett is Associate Professor of Middle East and World History at Monmouth University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138119415
ISBN 13 
9781138119413
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
182