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Einstein Before Israel : Zionist Icon or Iconoclast? / Ze'ev Rosenkranz.

By: Rosenkranz, Ze'ev.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (368 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400838370; 1400838371.Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Zionism | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies | Zionism | Zionisme | Kwantummechanica | Palestina | Isra�el (staat)Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Biografie�en (vorm)Additional physical formats: Print version:: Einstein Before Israel.DDC classification: 320.54095694092 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: "A Vivid Sense of Strangeness" -- Chapter 2: A Different Kind of Nationalism -- Chapter 3: The "Prize-Winning Ox" in "Dollaria" -- Chapter 4: Secular Pilgrim or Zionist Tourist? -- Chapter 5: The "Botched University" -- Chapter 6: "A Genuine Symbiosis" -- Chapter 7: The "Bug-Infested House" -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "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
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Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: "A Vivid Sense of Strangeness" -- Chapter 2: A Different Kind of Nationalism -- Chapter 3: The "Prize-Winning Ox" in "Dollaria" -- Chapter 4: Secular Pilgrim or Zionist Tourist? -- Chapter 5: The "Botched University" -- Chapter 6: "A Genuine Symbiosis" -- Chapter 7: The "Bug-Infested House" -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

"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

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