Society and Settlement: Jewish Land of Israel in the Twentieth Century

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SOCIETY AND SETTLEMENT Jewish Land of Israel in the 1\ventieth Century Aharon Kellerman This book scrutinizes the interrelationships between Jewish spatial organization and social structure and change in Palestine/Israel. Kellerman analyzes the development of nationwide and regional settlements and reasons for spatial and territorial choices such as cooperative villages. He uncovers the extreme differences between the old and the new in Jewish settlement patterns and discusses the implications for cultural development, economic functions, urban spirit, and international status in evolving Israeli society. "The study covers important new ground and provides a comprehensive view ofthe evolution ofland settlement patterns since the nineteenth century. Kellerman draws on a wide range of studies in Hebrew-from statistical to literary-to explain the development of urban, suburban, and rural settlements:' -Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College "I like the manner in which the author integrates the concepts of 'society' and 'territory' in a unique way, seeing them as almost organically related rather than as completely separate entities. "This volume deals with questions and concepts which are absolutely central to the State of Israel, and thus will come to be regarded as an important work of scholarship in the future:' -Gregory S. Mahler, University of Mississippi Aharon Kellerman is Professor of Geography at the University of Haifa, Israel. A volume in the SUNY series in Israeli Studies Russell Stone, Editor State University of New York Press ISBN D-7914-1296-2 ...