Land and Desire in Early Zionism

by Boaz Neumann

Book Overview

This innovative study examines the responses of early-twentieth-century pioneers to "the Land" of Palestine. Early Zionist historiography portrayed these young settlers as heroic; later, more critical studies by the "new" historians and sociologists focused on their failures and shortcomings. Neumann argues for something else that historians have yet to identify--desire. Desire for the Land and a visceral identification with it begin to explain the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584659688
• ISBN13: 9781584659686
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"