Recovered Roots - Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition

In Recovered Roots, Yael Zerubavel illuminates this dynamic process by examining the construction of Israeli national tradition and the reshaping of Jewish memory.

Summary

Because new nations need new pasts, they create new ways of commemorating and recasting select historic events. In this volume Yael Zerubavel illuminates this dynamic process by examining the construction of Israeli national tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Yael Zerubavel
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.1997
• EAN: 9780226981581
• ISBN: 978-0-226-98158-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries