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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 09 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Richard Clarkin. |
| Summary |
Say the word "Israel" today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades, the symbol of the Jewish State was the noble pioneer draining the swamps and making the deserts bloom: the legendary kibbutznik. So what ever happened to the pioneers' dream of founding a socialist utopia in the land called Palestine? Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel draws readers into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Acclaimed author David Leach revisits his raucous memories of life as a kibbutz volunteer and returns to meet a new generation of Jewish and Arab citizens struggling to forge a better future together. Crisscrossing the nation, Leach chronicles the controversial decline of Israel's kibbutz movement and witnesses a renaissance of the original vision for a peaceable utopia in unexpected corners of the Promised Land. Chasing Utopia is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of a divided nation where hope persists against the odds. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Leach, David, 1968- -- Travel -- Israel.
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Kibbutzim.
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Israel -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Israel -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
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Clarkin, Richard.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781770909755 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1770909753 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11838845 |
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