Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF TABLES xi
4. LIST OF FIGURES xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv
6. An Introduction to Research on Israel's First Decade 1
7. Part I POLITICS IN THE NEW STATE
8. 1 Israel's First Decade: Building a Civic State 31
9. 2 The Structural Foundation for Religio-Political Accommodation in Israel: Fallacy and Reality 51
10. 3 The Road Not Taken: Constitutional Non-Decision Making in 1948-1950 and Its Impact on Civil Liberties in the Israeli Political Culture 83
11. 4 New Challenges to New Authority: Israeli Grassroots Activism in the 1950s 105
12. Part II POLITICAL THOUGHT: PROPENSITIES AND ALTERNATIVES
13. 5 The "Utopian Leap" in David Ben-Gurion's Social Thought, 1920-1958 125
14. 6 Sharett' s "Line", Struggles, and Legacy 143
15. 7 Political Religion in a New State: Ben-Gurion' s Mamlachtiyut 171
16. Part III POLITICS OF THE HOLOCAUST
17. 8 Mapai and the "Kastner Trial" 195
18. 9 The Commander of the "Yizkor" Order: Herut, Holocaust, and Survivors 211
19. Part IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS
20. 10 The Economic Regime during Israel's First Decade 231
21. 11 The Crisis in the Kibbutz Movement, 1949-1961 243
22. 12 The Kibbutz in the 1950s; A Transformation of Identity 265
23. 13 The Contribution of the Labor Economy to Immigrant Absorption and Population Dispersal during Israel's First Decade 279
24. 14 Israeli Nationalism and Socialism before and after 1948 297
25. Part V LITERATURE AND POPULAR IMAGES
26. 15 The Fiction of the "Generation in the Land" 313
27. 16 Israeli Literature as an Emerging National Literature 331
28. 17 War and Religiosity: The Sinai Campaign in Public Thought 355
29. 18 Early Social Survey Research in and on Israel 375
30. Part VI PHYSICAL PLANNING AND SETTLEMENT POLICY
31. 19 The Transfer to Jewish Control of Abandoned Arab Lands during the War of Independence 403
32. 20 New Departures in Zionist Planning: The Development Town 441
33. 21 Planning, Housing, and Land Policy 1948-1952: The Formation of Concepts and Governmental Frameworks 461
34. 22 Creating Homogeneous Space: The Evolution of Israel's Regional Councils 495
35. Part VII IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION
36. 23 Styles of Ethnic Adaptation: Interpreting Iraqi and Moroccan Settlement in Israel 523
37. 24 Mapam and the European and Oriental Immigrations 543
38. 25 The Silent Partner: Holocaust Survivors in the IDF 557
39. Part VIII THE ARMY
40. 26 The Civilian Components of Israel's Security Doctrine: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in the First Decade 575
41. 27 Utopia in Uniform 593
42. Part IX THE ARAB MINORITY
43. 28 An Uneasy Coexistence: Arabs and Jews in the First Decade of Statehood 617
44. 29 Crime and Law Enforcement in the Israeli Arab Population under the Military Government, 1948-1966 659
45. Part X ISRAEL AND THE DIASPORA
46. 30 The Zionist Movement and the State of Israel, 1948-1952: A Formation of Normal Interrelations 683
47. 31 Philanthropy and Politics: Modes of Interaction between Israel and the Diaspora 699
48. 32 Defining Relationships: The Joint Distribution Committee and Israel, 1948-1950 713
49. 33 American Jewry and Israel: The First Decade and Its Implications for Today 733
50. INFORMATION ON CONTRIBUTORS 751
51. INDEX 759