The Rise of the Individual in 1950s Israel
A Challenge to Collectivism
Distributed for Brandeis University Press
276 pages
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6 x 9
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments • Introduction: The First Years • AT HOME AND ON THE STREET • Austerity: Desperate Housewives and the Government • Austerity and the Rule of Law • The Law Enforcement System • 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 • Conclusion • Notes • References • Index
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