Historical Dictionary of Israel

Since its creation, the State of Israel has been a magnet for attention. A country beset by conflict in its region and faced with the need to integrate immigrants of disparate backgrounds into a modern and advanced state, Israel has preoccupied observers, scholars, and journalists since its independence in 1948. Israel and its politics have been the subject of substantial and often highly partisan literature, being hotly and vigorously debated both at home and abroad. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Israel addresses the need in the literature on Israel for a comprehensive impartial information source about the various diplomatic and political personalities, institutions, organizations, events, concepts, and documents that together define the political life of the Jewish state. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, government institutions, political parties, and battles, as well as entries on Israel's economy, society, and culture.

ISBN 0810855410   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780810855410 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1075 Publisher Scarecrow Press   Published in Lanham, MD Imprint Scarecrow Press   Series ISSN 68 Format Hardback   Series title Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania & the Middle East Publication date 25 Apr 2008   Height (mm) 224 Library of Congress 2008000110   Width (mm) 151 DEWEY 956.94003   Spine width (mm) 49 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly Pages 288

Focused, fact-finding, and objective... a worthwhile chronology and detailed bibliography... a one-stop, educated reference for learning about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of Israel. American Reference Books Annual, March 2009 This work is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries as a notable reference resource. Booklist, January 2009

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