Land, Labor & the Origins of the Isreali- Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 (Paper)

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-520-20401-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. He argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but the particular conditions of the local conflict between the European "settlers" and the Palestinian Arab population.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shafir, Gershon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the paperback edition

Preface

Map of Jewish settlements in Palestine, 1878-1918

1 Introduction

The sociology of Israeli society

Settlement and nationalism

Frontier and land

Frontier and labor

Settlement and Palestine

2 The framework of dependent development in the Ottoman Empire

World economy: dependency and reform

Agricultural expansion

Tax reform and land tenure

New settlement and demographic patterns

The implications for Jewish settlement

3 From land to labor: unequal competition and the "conquest of labor" strategy

The alternative labor forces

The dynamics of the struggle

The effects of the "conquest of labor" strategy

"Conquest of labor" and the foundations of Israeli nationalism

Appendix: The Ottoman monetary system 90

4 The failed experiment: "natural workers" from Yemen, 1909-1914
The Yavnieli mission

Agudat Netaim and the planters' interests

The meeting in the labor market

The Palestine Office and conflict over access to land

Demands and identity of Yemenite Jews

Israeli nation formation

5 Between trade unions and political parties, 1905-1914

6 From "conquest of labor" to "conquest of land": the identity of soldier and

settler, 1907-1914

7 The unintended means: cooperative settlement, 1910-1914

The "pure settlement methodology" of the World Zionist Organization

The origins of the kibbutz

The predominance of the kibbutz in Israeli state formation

8 Conclusion: Israeli nationalism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The shaping of the Israeli state and nation

The evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The impact of Israeli state formation on Palestinian society

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gershon Shafir is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is author of Immigrants and Nationalists and editor of The Citizenship Debates.