This first volume of Vital's trilogy traces the roots of the movement from its source in Jewish tradition, concentrating on the crucial formative period from the onset of the great East-West migration of European Jews in 1881 to the first World Congress of Zionists in 1897, which marked theemergence of Zionism as an organized political force. | The Origins of Zionism by David Vital, Paperback | Indigo Chapters