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Author:   Dr. Netta Cohen
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780520397231

ISBN 10:   0520397231
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   02 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations  List of Abbreviations  Acknowledgments  Introduction: The Colonial History of Climate Investigation in Palestine  1. Knowing Climate  Climate Research in Undesired Geographies  Climate Investigation in Palestine  Working Methods in Climate Investigation  2. Climate and the Jewish European Body  Climate, Race and the ‘Origin’ of the Jewish People  Tropical Medicine: A Healthy Land Makes a Healthy People  Medical Climatology and the Future of Jews in Palestine 3. Warm Palestinian Climate—Cool Jewish Spaces  “The Refrigerating Industries”  The Garden Cities of Yesterday  How to say “Climate” in Arabic? Jewish Residential Spaces, 1910s–1920s  Local Heat—International Style  Climate, Roofs, and Building Materials  4. Climate and the Study of Plants  Forestation Against Desiccation  Acclimatization of Foreign Plants: Sources of Inspiration  Irrigation Technologies  Fruit Plantations: A Case Study in Zionist Acclimatization  Conclusions  Notes  Bibliography  Index  

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Netta Cohen is Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. 

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