Israel: the First Hundred Years: Volume I: Israels Transition from Community to State [Paperback]

The Zionist Movement was born in the wake of Jewish emancipation in Western Europe, and at a time of increased persecution in Eastern Europe. This volume addresses the intellectual, social and political ramifications of Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel before the creation of the State of Israel.Part 1: Nations, nationalism and state-building 1. Sacred territories and national conflict Anthony D. Smith  2. From state within a state to state David Vital  3. From civil society to sovereign state - the Israeli experience and the Palestinian quest Donna Robinson Divine  Part 2: The making of the Yishuv  4. The Jews in Eretz-Israel/Palestine - from traditional peripherally to modern centrality Ruth Kark and Joseph B. Glass  5. The boundaries of mandatory Palestine - how the past influences the future Gideon Biger  6.  Zionism and Jerusalem - the conflict of priorities - changes in Zionist settlement in the Jerusalem vicinity, 1937-48, Yossi Katz  7. Railways in Israel - the past and the future, Walter Rothschild  8. The Hebrew absorption of German literature I the Yishuv Na'ama Sheffi 9. The ideological and political background of the Israel defence forces Yaacov N. Goldstein  Part 3: The struggle for independence  10. Jewish armed struggle in Palestine in the 1940s - its impact on British morale and public opinion Shaul Zadka 11. The other side of the coin - Arab propaganda and the battle against Zionism in London, 1937-48, Rory Miller 12. The Jewish and Arab lobbies in Canada and the UN lƒ0