1st Edition
Between Capital and Land The Jewish National Fund's Finances and Land-Purchase Priorities in Palestine, 1939-1945
By Eric Engel Tuten
Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tuten shows how the Jewish National Fund (JNF) proved to be flexible in its fundraising to obtain its land-purchase objectives during the Second World War. He provides a detailed examination of the Jewish National Fund's internal development and analyses the relationship between JNF's finances and land purchase priorities. A valuable addition to recent re-evaluations of Israeli history... Read more
1. Introduction and Historical Background to 1939 2. Preparing for the Challenge: Prospects at the Outbreak of the Second World War, September 1939-April 1940 3. Overcoming Early War-Time Challenges, 1940-1941 4. Rising Hopes, Expanding Vision, 1942-1943 5. Success and Failure in the Face of Growing Obstacles, 1944-1945 6. Conclusion
Biography
Eric Engel Tuten received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He taught at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah from 1995-2003. Currently, he resides with his wife and two children in the state of Virginia.
"This book is a welcome addition to the limited but growing body of studies of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) by independent researchers, supplementing an extensive in-house literature by JNF staff and supporters."
--Walter Lehn, Journal of Palestine Studies
