Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Part I. The Zionist Village
6. Chapter 1. Covenantal Communities 3
7. Chapter 2. Trial and Error in the Village Economy 15
8. Chapter 3. The Economic Basis for Arab/Jewish Accommodation 42
9. Chapter 4. The Village as Military Outpost 62
10. Part II. Urban Zion
11. Chapter 5. Tel Aviv 85
12. Chapter 6. Urban Alternatives 112
13. Chapter 7. “Imagined Communities” 141
14. Part III. Post-Independence Opportunities and Necessities
15. Chapter 8. The Science and Politics of National Development 163
16. Chapter 9. From New Towns to Development Towns 184
17. Chapter 10. Israeli Villages 208
18. Chapter 11. Establishing a Capital 233
19. Chapter 12. Contested Metropolis 259
20. Epilogue 281
21. Notes 293
22. Index 325