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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781957803321

Autore

Rozin Orit

Titolo

The rise of the individual in 1950s israel [[electronic resource] ] : a challenge to collectivism / / Orit Rozin ; translated by Haim Watzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32086-X

9786613320865

1-61168-082-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 pages)

Collana

The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

WatzmanHaim

Disciplina

302.5/409569409045

Soggetti

Individualism - Political aspects - Israel - History - 20th century

Collectivism - Political aspects - Israel - History - 20th century

Israel Social life and customs 20th century

Israel Social conditions 20th century

Israel Economic conditions 20th century

Israel Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Austerity: desperate housewives and the government -- Austerity and the rule of law -- The law enforcement s -- In the city square -- Austerity tested: the local elections of 1950 -- The municipal election results and their significance -- From poll to poll: the elections for the Second Knesset -- The outcome of the elections to the Second Knesset -- Somewhere in the transit camp -- Terms of abhorrence: how old-time Israelis viewed immigrants from the Islamic World -- Parents, parenting, and children -- The construction of a collective: relations between immigrants and old-time Israelis. 000.

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative history of Israeli society in the 1950's that demonstrates how a voluntarist collectivism gave way to an individualist ethos