{"product_id":"frontier-metropolises-tulsa-indian-territory-tel-aviv-palestine-9780977244836","title":"Frontier Metropolises: Tulsa, Indian Territory \u0026 Tel Aviv, Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003eTel Aviv, established 1909, and Tulsa, incorporated 1898, were the centers of Western-style settlement in Palestine and Indian Territory before these areas became today's Israel and Oklahoma. The ideologies of Zionism and Manifest Destiny played a huge role in justifying the European-Jewish takeover of land in Palestine and American control of the interior of North America. Tel Aviv and Tulsa's self-consciously: Modern\" style -- e.g. Bauhaus buildings, skyscrapers, streets laid out on a grid system - was the physical manifestation of their founders' desire to proclaim the success of their settlement projects to the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin A Lawson (Ph.D. The University of Iowa) is a native of Oklahoma and researched Tel Aviv as part of his dissertation. He currently teaches at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin A. Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977244836\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40430349582451,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1175f811-b366-4736-8be0-54b17c650fcc.jpg?v=1662817407","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/frontier-metropolises-tulsa-indian-territory-tel-aviv-palestine-9780977244836","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}