(FT) 8vo. 207, xxxii pages. In Hebrew. Photograph illustrations. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - politics and government; Jewish sociology. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Ruppin (1876-1943) was the "father of Zionist settlement. " Trained in law and as a sociologist and economist, he developed a Jewish sociology and created the possibility of political, as opposed to pragmatic, Zionism. His scientific background allowed him to transcend the normal propaganda and rhetoric surrounding Zionism and the Jews in Europe. Ruppin first visited Israel in 1907, starting a long collaboration with the Zionist Organization: from then on, he was devoted to systematically settling Jews in Israel. (Bein, EJ) Ex library, water stains throughout, pages tanned, good- condition. (HebLit-2-26)