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Zionism and free enterprise : the story of private entrepreneurs in citrus plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s / Irit Amit-Cohen ; [translated from Hebrew by Jerry Aviram].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amit-Cohen, Irit.
- Series:
- Israel Studies in Historical Geography
- Israel studies in historical geography
- Standardized Title:
- Ḥidah me-aḥore ha-beroshim. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citrus--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Citrus.
- Agricultural innovations--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Agricultural innovations.
- Agriculture--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Agriculture.
- Entrepreneurship--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Mediterranean Coast (Israel)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Mediterranean Coast (Israel).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Irit Amit-Cohen explores the riddle behind disappearing citrus orchards and plantations from Israel's coastal scenery. The book reveals the biographies of entrepreneurs who came to Palestine in the 1920's and 1930's. Exposing the uniqueness of the plantation companies, describing the figures involved in them and analyzing their contribution to forming Palestine's settlement landscape in the British Mandate period, this book relates the intimate narrative of settlements which were built as temporary structures, but still leave lasting imprints on the landscape.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations. List of Maps. List of Photographs
- Introduction. Reconstructing the Past to Shape the Present
- Chapter 1. Time and Space - Spatial and Periodical Delimitations
- Chapter 2. The Private Entrepreneur and Economic Development of Palestine in the British Mandate Period
- Chapter 3. Citrus Plantation Farms on the Central Coastal Plain
- Chapter 4. Plantation Companies in the Southern Coastal Plain - Private Initiatives for Cooperative Settlement
- Chapter 5. From Alexandria to Palestine - Baron de Menasche and the Bnei Binyamin Association
- Chapter 6. Tycoons in Palestine
- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Space, Time and Human Being
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-196) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9783110288155
- 311028815X
- OCLC:
- 822025090
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