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Seasonality and agriculture in the developing world : a problem of the poor and powerless /

Gill, Gerard J.

Seasonality and agriculture in the developing world : a problem of the poor and powerless / Gerard J. Gill. - xvii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-315) and index.

Foreword : Richard L. Rubenstein --
Introduction --
Part I. The Holocaust in Contemporary American Culture --
1. The nativization of the Holocaust --
2. The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust --
3. Public commemoration of the Holocaust --
4. Is the centrality of the Holocaust overemphasized? Two dialogues --
5. Issues in teaching the Holocaust --
6. What we should teach our children --
7. The shadows of the Holocaust --
Part II. Jewish Thought and Modern History --
8. Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber Reconsidered --
9. The problem of pluralism in contemporary orthodoxy: philosophy and politics --
10. From Auschwitz to Oslo: the journey of Elie Wiesel --
11. Jacob Neusner and the renewal of an ever-dying people --
12. Political Zionism's would-be successors: sectarianism, Messianism, nationalism, and secularism --
13. The situation of the American Jew --
Notes --
Index.

The life and times of the American Jews are seen in relation to the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. He traces the Holocaust's impact on contemporary Jewish thought and on Western civilization.


0521382572 (hardback)


Agriculture--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Crops and climate--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Rural poor--Developing countries.

338.1091724 / G.G.S