Nation-Building and Community in Israel

by Dorothy Willner

Book Overview

The author approaches the intricate process of nation-building in Israel through an examination of transformations which took place within a major development sector, rural land settlement, during Israel's first decade of statehood. Based on four years of observation in Israel, the study analyzes the ways in which this state worked out the urgent problems that confront a new nation, and demonstrates in vivid ethnographic detail how the policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691649561
• ISBN13: 9780691649566
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"