Birthrate Politics in Zion : Judaism, Nationalism, and Modernity under the British Mandate /

Despite both national and traditional imperatives to have many children, the birthrate of the Jewish community in British Mandate Palestine declined steadily from 1920-1948. During these years Jews were caught in contradictions between political and social objectives, religion, culture, and individu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rosenberg-Friedman, Lilach (Autor, VerfasserIn.)
Otros Autores: Watzman, Haim (Traductor, ÜbersetzerIn.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Population policy
Population
Jews > Population
Fertility, Human
Abortion
Fecondite humaine > Palestine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Jews > Palestine > Population > History > 20th century.
Abortion > Palestine > History > 20th century.
Fertility, Human > Palestine > History > 20th century.
Middle East > Palestine
Palestine > Population policy.
Palestine > Population > History > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Collective self-suicide" : the decline in the Yishuv's birthrate
  • The parents' rebellion : economic factors
  • The parents' rebellion : social and psychological factors
  • Abortions in practice
  • Low birthrate, high abortion rate : responses
  • Making more babies
  • Conclusion : the birthrate issue as a portrait of the Yishuv.

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