Einstein before Israel : Zionist icon or iconoclast? / Ze'ev Rosenkranz.
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Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description: | xviii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- "A vivid sense of strangeness": Einstein's path to the Zionist movement
- A different kind of nationalism: Einstein's induction and mobilization into the Zionist movement
- The "prize-winning ox" in "Dollaria": Einstein's fundraising trip to the United States in 1921
- Secular pilgrim or Zionist tourist?: Einstein's tour of Palestine in 1923
- The "botched university": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1924-1929
- "A genuine symbiosis": Einstein on the 1929 clashes in Palestine
- The "bug-infested house": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1930-1933.