Ruth Kark
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Ruth Kark is an Israeli scholar and Professor of Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds the B.A. (1964) M.A. (1972) AND PHD (1977) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
Kark is noted for her work on on settlement in the Land of Israel in the 19th-century and on Western influences on the Holy Land.[2]
Books
- The Land that became Israel: studies in historical geography, Yale University Press, 1989
- American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914, Wayne State University Press, 1994
- Jerusalem and its environs: quarter, neighborhoods, villages, 1800-1948, Wayne State University Press, 2001
- Jerusalem neighborhoods: planning and by-laws, 1855-1930, Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1991
- Jaffa: A City in Evolution, 1799-1917, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Press, 1990
- Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel: Life History, Politics, and Culture, with Margalit Shilo, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Shulamit (FRW) Reinharz, UPNE, 2008
- Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Eretz Israel: The Amzalak Family, 1816-1918, Hebrew University, 1991
References
- ^ http://geography.huji.ac.il/personal/Kark/ruticv.htm
- ^ "Turn-of-the-century community," Jerusalem Post, Sue Kerman, Jun 4, 1998