Description
Book SynopsisA Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor.
Trade Review"
A Place in History is an important contribution to the growing body of knowledge about Israeli public space in general and urban space in particular... Highly recommended to those who seek a theoretical perspective on Israeli urbanism, or are interested in its ideological roots or its spatial transformations. Though the book focuses on Tel Aviv, in many ways it conveys the broader story of Israeli territorialization. Mann's book could also serve visitors as an excellent critical guide to the city's modern geography and history."—
H-Net Reviews"While her love for Tel Aviv is palpable, Mann maintains a critical distance from her subject, which assures
A Place in History its own place as an authoritative guide to the complex textualities of Israel's largest urban area."—Tikkun
"A very important contribution, this book adds a crucial layer to the discussion of the city of Tel Aviv in its local, national, and historical context. I would even venture to claim that it offers the most complex and multi-layered view to date, a Renaissance text in which the author/flaneuse strolls, researches, interprets, writes, and even makes photographs, all at the same time." —
Hebrew StudiesTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii Preface iii @toc2:1 Jews in Space 000 2 The Zionist Uncanny: Reading the Old Cemetery on Trumpeldor 000 3 Rothschild Boulevard: When a Street Becomes a Monument 000 4 A View from the Balcony: Public and Private Spaces/Public and Private Selves 000 5 The Edge of Town: Depicting the City's Periphery as a Way of Naming Its Center 000 6 Rabin Square, Summayl, and the Rhetoric of Walking 000 @toc4: Appendix: Poems Cited in the Original Hebrew iii Notes iii Index iii
