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Recovered roots : collective memory and the making of Israeli national tradition

This text argues that because new nations need new pasts, they create new ways of commemorating and recasting select historic events. The author illuminates this process by examining the construction of Israeli national tradition, drawing on a range of official and popular sources.
Print Book, English, 1995
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995
xx, 340 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780226981574, 0226981576
911291769