| Description |
volumes <1- > : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Israeli history, politics, and society, 1368-4795 |
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Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society. 1368-4795
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| Contents |
Introduction / Efraim Karsh -- Nations, Nationalism and State-Building. Sacred Territories and National Conflict / Anthony D. Smith. From 'State within a State' to State / David Vital. From Civil Society to Sovereign State: The Israeli Experience and the Palestinian Quest / Donna Robinson Divine -- The Making of the Yishuv. The Jews in Eretz-Israel/Palestine: From Traditional Peripherality to Modern Centrality / Ruth Kark and Joseph B. Glass. The Boundaries of Mandatory Palestine: How the Past Influences the Future / Gideon Biger. Zionism and Jerusalem - the Conflict of Priorities: Changes in Zionist Settlement in the Jerusalem Vicinity, 1937-48 / Yossi Katz. Railways in Israel: The Past and the Future / Walter Rothschild. The Hebrew Absorption of German Literature in the Yishuv / Na'ama Sheffi. The Ideological and Political Background of the Israel Defence Forces / Yaacov N. Goldstein -- The Struggle for Independence |
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v. 1. Israel's transition from community to state -- v. 2 From war to peace?-- v. 3. Israeli society and politics since 1948 : problems of collective identity -- v. 4 Israel in the international arena |
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v. 2. From war to peace |
| Summary |
"With contributions from some of the leading scholars of Zionism and Israeli history, this volume addresses many of the intellectual, social and political ramifications of Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel before the creation of the State of Israel."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue on 'Israel's transition from community to state' of Israel affairs, 5/4 (Summer 1999)"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
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Zionism.
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068697
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Palestine -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108855
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| Author |
Karsh, Efraim.
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| LC no. |
99051888 |
| ISBN |
0714649600 (v. 4 : cased) |
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0714649619 (v. 3) |
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0714649627 (v. 2) |
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0714649635 (v. 1) |
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0714680214 (v. 4 : pbk.) |
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0714680222 (v. 3 pbk.) |
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0714680230 (v. 2 : pbk.) |
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0714680249 (v. 1 : pbk.) |
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