A Place in History: Modernism, Tel Aviv, and the Creation of Jewish Urban Space

By Barbara E. Mann

Book Overview

A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080475019X
• ISBN13: 9780804750196
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"