From Rosh Pina and Degania to Demona: A History of Constructive Zionism

In From Rosh Pina And Degania To Demona: A History Of Constructive Zionism, Prof. Yosef Gorny, of the Jewish History faculty of Tel Aviv University, analyzes the construction enterprise of the Zionist movement in Palestine and Israel from the beginning of the new Jewish settlement in the country until the establishment of the State of Israel. The discussion has as its background the historic developments within the Jewish people from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. The talks discuss, among others, the settlement on the land, the growth of the urban Jewish population, the development of the national economy, the social and political growth of the Yishuv in Palestine, and the part played by each of the different aliyot (immigration waves) in the settlement enterprise in the rural and urban areas, from the first aliyah to the mass aliyah after the establishment of the State of Israel. From Rosh Pina And Degania To Demona is informative reading for anyone seeking a background to today's controversies in Israeli-Arab disputations about west bank settlements and the "peace process".