Israel: The First Decade of IndependenceSelwyn Ilan Troen, Noah Lucas SUNY Press, 1995 M01 1 - 779 pages Israel presents a panoramic display of fresh interpretations and new research findings related to Israel's first decade of independence. Those years of rapid change are widely regarded as a formative period in the development of the state and the society. As new archival materials have become available for scrutiny, a new generation of historians and social scientists has begun to re-examine old issues and to raise new questions. In this context of academic ferment, scholars in diverse disciplines, of different generations and of opposing ideological orientations, have collaborated in this book in examining the period anew. Thirty-two authoritative essays offer new understandings from the diverse perspectives of history, political science, sociology, literary criticism, geography, anthropology, and law. The intention is to provide a wide-ranging reconsideration of post-independence Israel that will serve as a benchmark for future study and research. |
Contents
An Introduction to Research on Israels First Decade | 1 |
POLITICS IN THE NEW STATE | 29 |
Israels First Decade Building a Civic State | 31 |
The Structural Foundation for ReligioPolitical Accommodation in Israel Fallacy and Reality | 51 |
The Road Not Taken Constitutional NonDecision Making in 19481950 and Its Impact on Civil Liberties in the Israeli Political Culture | 83 |
New Challenges to New Authority Israeli Grassroots Activism in the 1950s | 105 |
POLITICAL THOUGHT PROPENSITIES AND ALTERNATIVES | 123 |
The Utopian Leap in David BenGurions Social Thought 19201958 | 125 |
PHYSICAL PLANNING AND SETTLEMENT POLICY | 401 |
The Transfer to Jewish Control of Abandoned Arab Lands during the War of Independence | 403 |
New Departures in Zionist Planning The Development Town | 441 |
Planning Housing and Land Policy 19481952 The Formation of Concepts and Governmental Frameworks | 461 |
Creating Homogeneous Space The Evolution of Israels Regional Councils | 495 |
IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION | 521 |
Styles of Ethnic Adaptation Interpreting Iraqi and Moroccan Settlement in Israel | 523 |
Mapam and the European and Oriental Immigrations | 543 |
Sharetts Line Struggles and Legacy | 143 |
Political Religion in a New State BenGurions Mamlachtiyut | 171 |
POLITICS OF THE HOLOCAUST | 193 |
Mapai and the Kastner Trial | 195 |
The Commander of the Yizkor Order Herut Holocaust and Survivors | 211 |
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS | 229 |
The Economic Regime during Israels First Decade | 231 |
The Crisis in the Kibbutz Movement 19491961 | 243 |
The Kibbutz in the 1950s A Transformation of Identity | 265 |
The Contribution of the Labor Economy to Immigrant Absorption and Population Dispersal during Israels First Decade | 279 |
Israeli Nationalism and Socialism before and after 1948 | 297 |
LITERATURE AND POPULAR IMAGES | 311 |
The Fiction of the Generation in the Land | 313 |
Israeli Literature as an Emerging National Literature | 331 |
War and Religiosity The Sinai Campaign in Public Thought | 355 |
Early Social Survey Research in and on Israel | 375 |
The Silent Partner Holocaust Survivors in the IDF | 557 |
THE ARMY | 573 |
The Civilian Components of Israels Security Doctrine The Evolution of CivilMilitary Relations in the First Decade | 575 |
Utopia in Uniform | 593 |
THE ARAB MINORITY | 615 |
An Uneasy Coexistence Arabs and Jews in the First Decade of Statehood | 617 |
Crime and Law Enforcement in the Israeli Arab Population under the Military Government 19481966 | 659 |
ISRAEL AND THE DIASPORA | 681 |
The Zionist Movement and the State of Israel 19481952 A Formation of Normal Interrelations | 683 |
Philanthropy and Politics Modes of Interaction between Israel and the Diaspora | 699 |
Defining Relationships The Joint Distribution Committee and Israel 19481950 | 713 |
American Jewry and Israel The First Decade and Its Implications for Today | 733 |
Information on Contributors | 751 |
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