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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rozin, Orit.

Contributor:

Watzman, Haim.

Series:

The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies

Standardized Title:

Ḥovat ha-ahavah ha-ḳashah. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Individualism.

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

Collectivism.

Israel--Social life and customs--20th century.

Israel.

Israel--Social conditions--20th century.

Israel--Economic conditions--20th century.

Israel--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2011.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786613320865

9781283320863

128332086X

9781611680829

1611680824

OCLC:

816870014