Book details: AFRICAN ZION: THE ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH COLONY IN THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, 1903-1905.
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Weisbord, Robert.
AFRICAN ZION: THE ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH COLONY IN THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, 1903-1905.
Imprint: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society., 1968.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
8vo. 347 pages. Maps on endpapers. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - colonization - Africa, East. CONTENTS: Introduction; The early development of the East African Protectorate; The birth of political Zionism; The formal offer to the Zionists; Settler reactions to the offer; The colonial official, the missionary and the offer; Motives, objections and the press; Jews in turmoil-probable abandonment of the scheme; The scheme revived; The Zionist expedition to East Africa; ITO and East Africa; Conclusion. Has dust jacket. Jacket and first few pages has moisture stain on fore edge, good+ condition. (ComHist-16-1)
Stock number:22308.