Healing the Land and the Nation: Malaria and the Zionist Project in Palestine, 1920-1947 Tapa dura - 2007

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2007. This is a study of the Zionist efforts to eradicate maleria by draining the swamps and reclaiming the land as part of its nation-building project in Palestine during the British Mandate (light gray cloth with silver lettering has slightly bumped corners; white & gray pictorial dust jacket with photograph on the front has slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New. A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, "Healing the Land and the Nation" traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, Sandra M. Sufian illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building, especially the movement's efforts to repurpose and improve its lands. The project of eradicating malaria also took on a metaphorical dimension - erasing anti-Semitic stereotypes of the "parasitic" Diaspora Jew and creating strong, healthy Jews in Palestine. Sufian shows that, in reclaiming the land and the health of its people in Palestine, Zionists expressed key ideological and political elements of their nation-building project. Taking its title from a Jewish public health mantra, "Healing the Land and the… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 384 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.

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University of Chicago Press, 2007-12-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!