Zionism’s Maritime Revolution : : The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948 / / Kobi Cohen-Hattab.
Research on Jewish settlement of the Land of Israel in the modern era has long neglected the sea and its shores. This book explores the Yishuv’s hold on the Mediterranean and other bodies of water during the British Mandate in Palestine and the Zionist “maritime revolution,” a shift from a focus on...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (X, 336 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Historical Background -- Chapter 2: Harbingers of Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel, 1917–1933 -- Chapter 3: Expanding Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel, 1934–1939 -- Chapter 4: Evolution during a Time of Paralysis: Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel during the Second World War, 1939–1945 -- Chapter 5: The Road to Jewish Maritime Sovereignty, 1945–1948 -- Conclusion and Discussion: The Sea in Zionist Thought and Endeavor: Inception, Evolution, and Ideology -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Places |
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Summary: | Research on Jewish settlement of the Land of Israel in the modern era has long neglected the sea and its shores. This book explores the Yishuv’s hold on the Mediterranean and other bodies of water during the British Mandate in Palestine and the Zionist “maritime revolution,” a shift from a focus on land-based development to an embrace of the sea as a source of security, economic growth, clandestine immigration (haapala), and national pride. The transformation is tracked in four spheres – ports, seamanship, fishery, and education – and viewed within the context of the Jewish/Arab conflict, internal Yishuv politics, and the Second World War. Archives, memoirs, press, and secondary sources all help illuminate the Zionist Movement’s road to maritime sovereignty. By the State of Israel’s founding in 1948, the Yishuv had a flourishing nautical presence: a national shipping company, control over the country’s three active ports, maritime athletics, fish farming, and a nautical training school. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110633528 9783110719567 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610178 9783110606195 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110633528 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kobi Cohen-Hattab. |