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Zionism and the Creation of a New Society
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Zionism and the Creation of a New Society Hardcover - 1998

by Halpern, Ben

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Tracing the history of Zionism from the late 19th century to World War II, the authors demonstrate the continuity between the principles and practices of the Zionist movement and the social and political structure of Israel today. Jehuda Reinharz and the late Ben Halpern have produced one of the most accessible, comprehensive, and incisive histories of Zionism in the English language.

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Oxford University Press, USA, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Zionism and the Creation of a New Society
  • Author Halpern, Ben
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date 1998
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0195092090I3N00
  • ISBN 9780195092097 / 0195092090
  • Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.43 x 6.41 x 0.98 in (23.95 x 16.28 x 2.49 cm)
  • Reading level 1500
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Zionism - History, Jews - Palestine - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97037525
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.540

From the rear cover

This book studies the birth of the State of Israel and analyzes the elaborately articulated and variegated ideological principles of the Zionist movement that led to that birth. It examines conflicting pre-state ideals and the social structure that emerged in Palestine's Jewish community during the Mandate period. In particular, Zionism and the Creation of a New Society reflects upon Israel's existence as both a state and a social structure - a place conceived before its birth as a means of solving a particular social malady: the modern Jewish Problem. Jehuda Reinharz and the late Ben Halpern carefully trace the development of the Zionist idea from its earliest expressions up to the eve of World War II, setting their study against a broad background of political and social development throughout Europe and the Middle East.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 12/01/1998, Page 128

About the author

Jehuda Reinharz is Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History and President of Brandeis University. He is the author, editor, and coeditor of numerous volumes, including Essential Papers on Zionism (1996), Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Statesman (OUP, 1993), Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Zionist Leader (OUP, 1985), and Israel in the Middle East (OUP, 1984). Dr. Reinharz is also General Editor of the "Studies in Jewish History" series published by Oxford University Press.

Ben Halpern (1912-1990) was Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. Among his distinguished studies of the modern Jewish experience are A Clash of Heroes: Brandeis, Weizmann, and American Zionism (OUP, 1987), The Idea of the Jewish State (1969), Jews and Blacks (1971), and The American Jew: A Zionist Analysis (1956).