Israel: Yesterday and Today: A Photographic Survey of the Building of a Nation

by Amiram Gonen

Celebrating Israel's fiftieth anniversary, an album traces the nation's creation and development through more than four hundred four-color photographs comparing the same sites past and present, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to the country's kibbutzim, accompanied by informative explanations.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1998

Reviews

[goddess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grabbed this baby at the library, on a whim, because of the great pictures. I admit I skimmed through a lot of the text; but the purpose of the book is to look at before and after pictures of Israel. While most of the pictures were interesting and beautiful, it did get to a point where they seemed to blend together. A picture of a suburb in one area looked just like a picture of another. However, it did give me an overall understanding of the physical features of the country of Israel.