The Palestine Directory: Commercial, Industrial, Administrative and Private Addresses

This first issue of The Palestine Directory is a fascinating insight into the development of a modern society in the Land of Israel. Although the directory contains broad listings of businesses throughout the country, one gleans how diminutive was the population of Palestine of the time. The Directory is replete with commercial advertisements that are a representative cross-section of trade and nascent industry in the developing nation. Provides comprehensive lists of personal addresses in the principal towns of Palestine as well as lists of professions. Equal attention is paid to the communal organizations belonging to the three principal monotheistic faiths in Palestine, those of the Jews, Christian and Muslims. Clearly Palestine was well-coupled with neighboring Egypt, as the Directory closes with a supplement, "Principal Addresses in Egypt."