Book

Nation-building and community in Israel

Princeton University PressPrinceton, N.j.Published In 1969 • Pages:

By: Willner, Dorothy.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph describes and analyzes transformation in the social order of Israel — termed nation-building and development — during its first decade of independence from 1948 to 1958. Willner examines changes in a major national development program, rural land settlement, changes in the agencies charged with carrying it out, and changes in the organization of new immigrant villages in Israel, and in the lives of their inhabitants. As background for the study of immigrant settlements in Israel, the author presents a reconstruction of the traditional way of life of a community of Jews in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco prior to emigration to Israel, pp. 253-302. This information has been indexed only for category 170. Willner then describes the emigration of the inhabitants of this community to Israel and their settlement in a series of villages in that country. A detailed description of one of these villages during its first year in Israel is followed by brief reviews of contrastive village histories and an analysis of factors contributing to their different histories at different phases of this not always successful evolution into communities, or, at least into communities in formation (pp. 25-26).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
External migration
History and culture change
Economic planning and development
Settlement patterns
Housing
Labor organization
Cooperative organization
Status, role, and prestige
Community structure
Community councils
Administrative agencies
Political movements
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Israelis
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1955-1960s
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1870s-1960s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Israel
NotesAdditional notes
Dorothy Willner
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-464)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
68020884
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Israelis