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Israel
From the Palestine Mandate to the Present
Background Information |
| CURRENT
EVENTS
- CIA
World Factbook:Israel
- Supplies brief information and statistics on various topics
and allows comparison with other countries.
- EIU Country
Reports
- By the Economist Intelligence Unit, this database reports
on Israeli (and other countrys') political, business and economic
conditions.
- Library
of Congress Country Studies: Israel
- Primary focus is on history, economic and social conditions,
and political and diplomatic matters. Please note the date at
the bottom of each section. The 1970 and 1979 editions of this
title are available in the Government Documents collection on
the ground floor with the call number D101.6/6:I85/x/....
- The Middle East and North Africa (1948 to present)
Reference DS49 .M5
- The latest edition is in Reference, earlier ones in the
stacks. This title provides an excellent synopsis of political
and economic events over the past ten to fifteen years.
It also provides statistics, members of the government,
names of political parties and leaders and other information.
Similar data is provided by the Europa World Yearbook
(Reference Desk D2 .E821 and stacks back to 1960),
by the same publisher. The latest edition is now on line
as Europa
World.
HISTORICAL
AND BIOGRAPHICAL
- Encyclopaedia Judaica 16 volumes and supplements (1971-1972)
Reference DS102.8 .54
- A great reference work, the basic set is brought up to
date by annual supplements and decennial cumulations which
also update the annuals. A CD-ROM version, published in
1997 is available at the same call number above. Readers
should note the spelling of "Encyclopaedia" in
both searching for and citing this work.
- Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2000)
Reference DS113.6 .E53 2000
- Covers the period of Ottoman Rule, the British Mandate, and
the years after 1948 with emphasis on the twentieth century.
- Entsiklopedyah le-halutse ha-yishuv u-vonav 19 volumes
(1947-1979)
Reference DS151 .A2 T53 1947
- A collection of biographies of early Jewish settlers in Palestine
and the State of Israel.
- Historical Dictionary of Zionism (2000)
Reference DS149 .M375 2000
- History of Zionism: A Handbook and Dictionary (2000)
Reference DS149 .E25 2000
- New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. 2 volumes (1994)
Reference DS149 . N56 1994
- Political Dictionary of the State of Israel 2nd edition
(1993)
Stacks DS126.5 .P2 1993
- Atlas Karta le-tiyur Yisra'el (1995)
Reference Atlas G2236 .P2 K295 1995
- A road atlas of Israel.
- Atlas of Israel 3rd edition (1985)
Folio Reference Atlas G2235 .I77 1985
- The national atlas of Israel. This third edition is based
on 1985 boundries. Compare with the first edition of 1955-1964,
Atlas Yisra'el (Folio Reference Atlas G2235 .I8), based
on 1949 boundries.
- Atlas of Jewish History (1994)
Reference Atlas G1030 .C559 1994
- Covers all periods of Jewish history with the last chapter
dealing with modern Israel.
- Atlas of Modern Jewish History (1990)
Reference Atlas G1030 .F6513 1990
- Concentrates on the twentieth century.
- Dent Atlas of Jewish History (1993)
Reference Atlas G1030 .G45 1993b
- Covers all periods of Jewish history.
- The New Israel Atlas (1968)
Reference Atlas G2235 .V52
- This is a geographical, thematic and historical atlas.
- The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 7th
edition (2002)
Reference Atlas G2236 .S1 G55 2002
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