The Israeli-American Connection : Its Roots in the Yishuv, 1914-1945 / / Michael Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524665903321
• Autore: Brown Michael (Michael G.), <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wayne State University Press, 2018; Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 1996; ©1996
• ISBN: 0-8143-4458-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 320.5/4/095694092; B
• Soggetti: Zionism - United States; Zionists - Palestine - Biography; Electronic books.; Palestine Relations United States; United States Relations Palestine
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-377) and indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Israeli-American Connection examines the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major leaders of the yishuv, the Jewish settlement in Palestine, during and between the world wars. In six biographical chapters, Michael Brown studies Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Berl Katznelson, Henrietta Szold, Golda Meir, and David Ben-Gurian, focusing on each leader's involvement with and image of America, as well as the impact of America on their lives and careers.