Zionism’s Maritime Revolution: The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948

Kobi Cohen-Hattab

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2019

Zionism’s Maritime Revolution

The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948

Kobi Cohen-Hattab

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110633528

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About this book

Research on Jewish settlement of the Land of Israel in the modern era has long neglected the sea and its shores. This book explores the Yishuv’s hold on the Mediterranean and other bodies of water during the British Mandate in Palestine and the Zionist “maritime revolution,” a shift from a focus on land-based development to an embrace of the sea as a source of security, economic growth, clandestine immigration (haapala), and national pride. The transformation is tracked in four spheres – ports, seamanship, fishery, and education – and viewed within the context of the Jewish/Arab conflict, internal Yishuv politics, and the Second World War. Archives, memoirs, press, and secondary sources all help illuminate the Zionist Movement’s road to maritime sovereignty. By the State of Israel’s founding in 1948, the Yishuv had a flourishing nautical presence: a national shipping company, control over the country’s three active ports, maritime athletics, fish farming, and a nautical training school.

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Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Dept. of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Historical Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2: Harbingers of Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel, 1917–1933 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 3: Expanding Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel, 1934–1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 4: Evolution during a Time of Paralysis: Jewish Maritime Activity in the Land of Israel during the Second World War, 1939–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter 5: The Road to Jewish Maritime Sovereignty, 1945–1948 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Conclusion and Discussion: The Sea in Zionist Thought and Endeavor: Inception, Evolution, and Ideology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Index of Persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Index of Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars of Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, Geography, Maritime Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
Keywords: Israel; Yishuv; Mittelmeer; Zionismus

eBook

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110633528

Hardcover

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110629637