Surveyed here is the urban and rural development of Jerusalem from the turn of the 19th Century to the mid-20th century. It traces the city's interaction with its rural hinterland until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 when Jerusalem was divided into two – some of the Jewish quarters and neighborhoods were occupied by Arabs, and Jews settled in Arab neighborhoods. The book's five chapters illustrate, with detailed examples, and in depth descriptions of specific quarters and neighborhoods, Muslims, Christians and Jewish community housing, commercial neighborhoods, neighborhoods built by construction companies, gardens suburbs, and villages.
