ISBN:
9780300197488
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 313 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2015
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Halperin, Liora R. Babel in Zion
DDC:
404/.20956940904
Keywords:
Geschichte 1920-1948
;
Multilingualism History 20th century
;
Jews Languages 20th century
;
History
;
Hebrew language History 20th century
;
Jews Identity
;
Mandatsgebiet
;
Jischuw
;
Mehrsprachigkeit
;
Neuhebräisch
;
Palästina
;
Palästina
;
Mandatsgebiet
;
Jischuw
;
Mehrsprachigkeit
;
Neuhebräisch
;
Geschichte 1920-1948
Description / Table of Contents:
Languages of leisure in the home, the coffeehouse, and the cinema -- Peddlers, traders, and the languages of commerce -- Clerks, translators, and the languages of bureaucracy -- Zion in Babel: the Yishuv in its Arabic-speaking context -- Hebrew education between East and West: foreign-language instruction in Zionist schools -- Conclusion: the persistence of Babel.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
