| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 422 pages) |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; I. The Mechanics of British Zionism; 1. Preconditions of British Zionism; 2. Antagonists as Catalysts of British Zionism; 3. Zionist Attractions: The Analysis, the Programme, the Movement, the Implementation; II. British Jewry and Zionist State- and Nation-Building; 4. British Jews as Politicians and Lobbyists; 5. Belonging through Giving? Financial and Economic Support; 6. Aliyah: Part-Timers and Full-Timers; 7. Fighting and Dying for the Jewish Nation; III. The Conquest of the Community: The Zionization of British Jewry |
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8. The Weight of Numbers9. Avenues of Internal Nation-Building; 10. The Extension of Zionism over the Institutional Fabric of British Jewry; 11. The Zionization of Jewish Sociability; IV. British Jewry, Zionism, and the British Polity; 12. British Terms of the British-Jewish Condition; 13. The Zionist Impact on the British-Jewish Condition; Conclusion: British Zionism: A Composite Jewish Identity between Exit Strategy, Empire, and Diaspora Subnationalism; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Wendehorst explores the relationship between British Jewry and Zionism from 1936 to 1956, a crucial period in modern Jewish history, encompassing both the shoah and the establishment of the State of Israel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Zionism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
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Zionism
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056824
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191617102 |
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0191617105 |
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