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Babel in Zion Jews, nationalism, and language diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948

Title: Babel in Zion [electronic resource] : Jews, nationalism, and language diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 / Liora R. Halperin.
Author: Halperin, Liora R.
Publication: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

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1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages)

Uniform Title

Babel in Zion (Online)

Alternative Title

Babel in Zion (Online)

Subject

Multilingualism > Palestine > History > 20th century
Jews > Palestine > Languages > History > 20th century
Hebrew language > Palestine > History > 20th century
Jews > Identity

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-301) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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