Zionism And Technocracy: The Engineering Of Jewish Settlement In Palestine, 1870-1918

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"Zionism and Technocracy is important reading for anyone seriouslyinterested in the development of the Yishuv during the last decades of Ottomanrule."? -- Choice ..". stimulating and well written..." -- Shofar "A pioneering work on the most importantaspect of early Zionist history, well researched, well written, highly to berecommended." -- Walter Laqueur "Taut and well-writtenwith a fresh approach, Penslar's painstakingly researched study fills an importantgap in the literature on the early Yishuv." -- The Jerusalem PostMagazine "Penslar has written one of the first 'social histories'of an important aspect of Zionism." -- David Sorkin ..".Penslar presents an alternative perspective of those early days of Jewishsettlement. Instead of a tale of individuals and their efforts, it is history of theorganizational efforts to develop the institutions needed to reestablish the Jewishpresence on the land." -- Midstream The creation of a Jewishhomeland in modern Palestine represented a monumental technical achievement. Thisachievement, and the story of the Jewish technocrats from Central Europe whoengineered it, is documented here for the first time -- bringing together social, intellectual, and institutional history in a pathbreaking study.

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