Everyday Zionism in East-Central Europe - Nation-Building in War and Revolution, 1914-1920

Everyday Zionism examines Zionist activism in East-Central Europe during the years of war, occupation, revolution, the collapse of empires, and the formation of nation states in the years 1914 to 1920.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The National Mission


• 2: Welfare, Relief, Political Power


• 3: The Most Valuable National Fund: Childcare and Education


• 4: Violence, Antisemitism, and Self-Defense


• 5: Representing the Nation


• 6: The Ancient Ideal and the New World


• Conclusion: Many Nation-Buildings

About the author

Jan Rybak studied history at the University of Salzburg and received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence in 2019. He held visiting and research fellowships at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, New York University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He taught as an external lecturer at the University of Salzburg and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of York.

Summary

Everyday Zionism examines Zionist activism in East-Central Europe during the years of war, occupation, revolution, the collapse of empires, and the formation of nation states in the years 1914 to 1920.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Rybak, Jan (Postdoctoral Research Fellow Rybak
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2021
• EAN: 9780192897459
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289745-9
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); European History, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Jewish Studies, Central Europe, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Relating to Jewish people and groups, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General