{"product_id":"9780745662640","title":"Sinews of the Nation Constructing Irish and Zionist Bonds in the United States","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSinews of the Nation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eConstructing Irish and Zionist Bonds in the United States\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDan Lainer-Vos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFundraising may not seem like an obvious lens through which to examine  the  process of nation-building, but in this highly original book  Lainer-Vos shows  that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex  transnational gift-giving  systems to sophisticated national bonds - are  organizational tools that can be  used to bind dispersed groups to the  nation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSinews of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e treats nation-building as a practical  organizational accomplishment and examines  how the Irish republicans  and the Zionist movement secured financial support in  the United States  during the first half of the twentieth century. Comparing the  Irish  and Jewish experiences, whose trajectories of homeland-diaspora  relations  were very different, provides a unique perspective for  examining how national  movements use economic transactions to attach  disparate groups to the national  project. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By focusing on fundraising, Lainer-Vos challenges the common view  of  nation-building as only a matter of forging communities by imagining  away  internal differences: he shows that nation-building also involves  organizing  relationships so as to allow heterogeneous groups to  maintain their difference  and yet contribute to the national cause.  Nation-building is about much more  than creating unifying symbols: it  is also about creating mechanisms that bind  heterogeneous groups to the  nation despite and through their  differences.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDan Lainer-Vos \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of sociology and the Ruth  Ziegler Early  Career Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of  Southern California.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 January 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745662640\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310831693964,"sku":"9780745662640","price":65.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745662640_64b8412f-e329-4db9-8d73-ac06c57ae5a9.jpg?v=1780185265","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745662640","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}