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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Poor printing
The Publisher has reprint Thompson's classic The Land and the Book. However, the reprint is shorten version, including only Southern Palestain and Jerusalem.At least in my copy the printing is very poor, it lacks pages, one page is printed two times and the book is partly copied by dark pages hard to read. I most warmly recommend The Land and The Book by Thomson for all those who love their Bibles and love to study the culture behind it, but not this shorten reprinting. ... Read more

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Cities of the World represents a compilation of government reports and original research on the social, cultural, political, and industrial aspects of the nations and cities of the world. VOLUME 3: EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN MIDDLE EAST. Most of the country profiles included here are based on official personnel briefings issued as Post Reports by the U.S. Department of State. The Post Reports are designed to acquaint embassy personnel with life in the host country. Consequently, the reports concentrate on cities in which the U.S. Government has embassies or consulates. To increase coverage of other important cities, the editors have added information on a large number of cities-31 of which are new to this edition-not reported on by the Department of State. ... Read more

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In Jerusalem, Israeli and Jordanian militias patrolled a fortified, impassable Green Line from 1948 until 1967. In Nicosia, two walls and a buffer zone have segregated Turkish and Greek Cypriots since 1963. In Belfast, "peaceline" barricades have separated working-class Catholics and Protestants since 1969. In Beirut, civil war from 1974 until 1990 turned a cosmopolitan city into a lethal patchwork of ethnic enclaves. In Mostar, the Croatian and Bosniak communities have occupied two autonomous sectors since 1993. These cities were not destined for partition by their social or political histories. They were partitioned by politicians, citizens, and engineers according to limited information, short-range plans, and often dubious motives. How did it happen? How can it be avoided?

Divided Cities explores the logic of violent urban partition along ethnic lines—when it occurs, who supports it, what it costs, and why seemingly healthy cities succumb to it. Planning and conservation experts Jon Calame and Esther Charlesworth offer a warning beacon to a growing class of cities torn apart by ethnic rivals. Field-based investigations in Beirut, Belfast, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia are coupled with scholarly research to illuminate the history of urban dividing lines, the social impacts of physical partition, and the assorted professional responses to "self-imposed apartheid." Through interviews with people on both sides of a divide—residents, politicians, taxi drivers, built-environment professionals, cultural critics, and journalists—they compare the evolution of each urban partition along with its social impacts. The patterns that emerge support an assertion that division is a gradual, predictable, and avoidable occurrence that ultimately impedes intercommunal cooperation. With the voices of divided-city residents, updated partition maps, and previously unpublished photographs, Divided Cities illuminates the enormous costs of physical segregation.

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lively urban geography
This insightful book combines history, travel writing, architecture, and urban geographical analysis into a fascinating exploration of how divided cities work and come to be. Brief chapters on five such cities are bracketed by chapters analyzing the causes of such divisions and how these divisions affect the urban landscape in all its guises (from the high-level political to the running of water infrastructure systems). The authors' eye for detail and sparkling prose make this a highly enjoyable read even for those not steeped in urban geography. Particularly outstanding is the authors' systematic dismantling of the usual explanations given for the (political) necessity of physical separation, and their persuasive argument that division has not ameliorated the problems that it was meant to solve.

The book is particularly valuable for its generalizing across the particulars of the various case studies, filling a lacuna in previous scholarly treatments of this topic. ... Read more

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Chapters: Landforms of Grafton County, New Hampshire, Settlements in Grafton County, New Hampshire, Lebanon, New Hampshire, Livermore, New Hampshire, Woodsville, New Hampshire, Pemigewasset Wilderness, Cannon Mountain, Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountain National Forest, Mount Lafayette, Ammonoosuc River, Mount Cardigan, Sandwich Range, Glencliff, New Hampshire, Mount Carrigain, Squam Lake, Mount Nancy, Kinsman Mountain, Loon Mountain, the Sleepers, Zealand Notch, Mount Tripyramid, Mount Moosilauke, Mount Willey, South Twin Mountain, Mount Bond, Mount Passaconaway, Galehead Mountain, Owl's Head (Franconia, New Hampshire), Mount Guyot, Mascoma Lake, the Cannon Balls, Stinson Lake, Sandwich Mountain, Franconia Notch, Mount Field, Mount Hancock, Mount Whiteface, Smarts Mountain, Mount Garfield, North Twin Mountain, the Nubble, Mount Tom, Newfound Lake, Mount Zealand, Mount Tecumseh, Lebanon Micropolitan Area, Scar Ridge, Echo Lake, Mount Lincoln, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, Kinsman Notch, Lonesome Lake, Mount Osceola, Gale River, Moore Reservoir, Little Haystack Mountain, Mount Flume, Eastman Pond, Mount Hale, Lost River Reservation, Mcindoes Reservoir, Profile Lake, East Peak Mount Osceola, Comerford Reservoir, Little Squam Lake, Lake Tarleton, Mount Liberty, Tenney Mountain, Grafton Pond, Goose Pond, Wild Ammonoosuc River, Ayers Island Reservoir, White Oak Pond, Crystal Lake (Enfield, New Hampshire), Canaan Street Lake, Mount Blue, Mount Assurance. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 189. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lebanon, New Hampshire -Lebanon was chartered as a town by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, one of sixteen along the Connecticut River. It was named for Lebanon, Connecticut, from which many early settlers had come, including the Reverend Ele...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=124691 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat News Service, published by Arab Press Service on September 29, 2008. The length of the article is 402 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: UN On Syrian Troop Build-Up On Lebanese Border.
Author: Unavailable
Publication: APS Diplomat News Service (Newsletter)
Date: September 29, 2008
Publisher: Arab Press Service
Volume: 69Issue: 14

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