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Near coverThe Kibbutz Movement: A History
Volume 2: Crisis and Achievement, 1939-1995
Henry Near

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read more about this bookPrint on Demand logo'Accessible . . . As a narrative, it should keep readers intrigued . . . useful for novices and for those moderately familiar with the topic. . . . the perspective and the range of topics addressed are broad . . . the strength of this volume is the way in which it places the trends and conflicts within the kibbutz movement and between the kibbutz movement and the Jewish world into perspective. This is Near's main task, and he does a fine job of it.'
Alan F. Benjamin, H-Judaic

'Of great importance . . . The most comprehensive history of the kibbutz movement to date.'
Yuval Dror, Zmanim

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Henry Near is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History and Education, Oranim College, University of Haifa and has been a member of Kibbutz Beit Ha’emek since 1955.  He is the author of The Kibbutz and Society, 1923–1933 (1984), Studies in the Third Aliyah, 1919–1924 (with B. Ben-Avram, 1995), and Living in a Kibbutz (5th edition 1991). The prize-winning first volume of his history of the kibbutz movement appeared in 1992.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Format

21.5 x 13.5 cm / 5.5" x 8.5"

Pages 430 pages, 1 map, 12 tables
ISBN 978-1-874774-06-8 (hardback - OUT OF PRINT)
978-1-874774-39-6 (paperback)
Price £21.95 / $34.95 (paperback)
Date of publication hardback: 1997
paperback: 21 February 2008

PRIZES

Winner of the Ben-Shemesh Prize for Historical Research for 1994 for Volume 1 of The Kibbutz Movement: A History

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