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, Volume 21, Issue 4, pp 397–410 | Cite as

The evolution of semi-nomadism in non-desert environment: The case of Galilee in the 19th century

  • Falah Ghazi 
Some Geographical Aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Abstract

This paper attempts to reconstruct the way of life of a Palestinian Bedouin group living in Galilee, N Palestine, during the 19th century and established as “semi-nomads”. The term “semi-nomadic” is used here to indicate a distinctive life-style that is an amalgam of both pastoral nomadic and sedentary habits.

The paper is based largely on primary sources, notably the narratives of 19th century European travellers-authors in Palestine. It introduces to the study of the cultural geography of Palestine and nomadism a methodological approach in which fragmentary pieces of information recorded in historical literature are utilized in order to evaluate spatial changes and processes.

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19th Century Environmental Management Primary Source Methodological Approach Spatial Change 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Falah Ghazi 
    • 1
  1. 1.Galilee Centre for Social ResearchnazarethIsrael

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