Biger, Gideon

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BIGER, Gideon

BIGER, Gideon. Israeli, b. 1945. Genres: History, Area studies, Geography, Politics/Government. Career: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, lecturer, 1979-83, senior lecturer, 1983-96, head of department, 1987-90, 1998-, associate professor, 1996-. Publications: Crown Colony or National Homeland?, 1983; (ed. with A.R. Baker) Ideology and Landscape in Historical Perspective: Essays on the Meanings of Some Places in the Past, 1992; An Empire in the Holy Land-Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1994; The Encyclopedia of International Boundaries, 1995. Address: Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University, 61390 Tel Aviv, Israel. Online address: biger@post.tau.ac.il

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