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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785567003321

Autore

Eisenberg Laura Zittrain

Titolo

Review Essays in Israel Studies, Volume V [[electronic resource] ] : Books on Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2000

ISBN

0-7914-9331-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

CaplanNeil

Disciplina

956.94

Soggetti

Israel -- Book reviews

Israel -- Foreign public opinion, Arab -- Book reviews

Israel -- Intellectual life -- Book reviews

National characteristics, Israeli

Middle East

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Half TItle Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Ivory Tower and Embassy: Interview with Itamar Rabinovich""; ""Part 1: History, Economics, and Politics""; ""The Yishuv's Early Capabilities: Organization, Leadership, and Policies""; ""The Transition to a Marke tEconomy: The Road Half Taken""; ""Israel as a Liberal Democracy: Civil Rights in the Jewish State""; """"Normal"" or ""Special""? Israel's Relationships with America and Germany in Historical Perspective""; ""Part II: Society and Culture""

""Mythmaking and Commemoration in Israeli Culture""""Prophecy of Wrath: Israeli Society as Reflected in Satires for Children""; ""Women's Issues in the Literary Marketplace: Anthologies of Israeli Women Writers""; ""Yemenite Jews on the Zionist Altar""; ""Part III: Israel in the Region""; ""Policy Transformation in the Middle East: Arms Control Regimes and National Security Reconciled""; ""Palestinian Sovereignty and Israeli Security: Dilemmas of the Permanent-Status Negotiations""; ""The Domestic-International Confluence: The Challenge of Israel's Water Problems""



""Part IV: Views of Israel from the Arab World""""On Opposite Sides of the Hill: Syrian and Israeli Perspectives""; ""Egyptian Representation of Israeli Culture: Normalizing Propaganda or Propagandizing Normalization?""; ""Arab-Israeli Economic Relations and Relative Gains Concerns""; ""The Debate over Normalization: Adonis and His Arab Critics""; ""Back Matter""; ""Contributors""; ""The Editors""; ""Back Matter""