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Einstein before Israel : Zionist icon or iconoclast?
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Title
Einstein before Israel : Zionist icon or iconoclast? / Ze'ev Rosenkranz.
ISBN
9780691144122 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691144125 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xviii, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"A vivid sense of strangeness": Einstein's path to the Zionist movement
A different kind of nationalism: Einstein's induction and mobilization into the Zionist movement
The "prize-winning ox" in "Dollaria": Einstein's fundraising trip to the United States in 1921
Secular pilgrim or Zionist tourist?: Einstein's tour of Palestine in 1923
The "botched university": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1924-1929
"A genuine symbiosis": Einstein on the 1929 clashes in Palestine
The "bug-infested house": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1930-1933.
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