Constructing boundaries : Jewish and Arab workers in mandatory Palestine / Deborah S. Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Deborah.

Series:

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

SUNY series in Israeli studies

SUNY series in Israeli Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Israel--Haifa--History--20th century.

Labor market.

Jews--Israel--Haifa--Economic conditions.

Jews.

Palestinian Arabs--Employment--Israel--Haifa.

Palestinian Arabs.

Labor movement--Palestine--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Haifa (Israel)--Economic conditions.

Haifa (Israel).

Haifa (Israel)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Constructing Boundaries examines the competition, interaction, and impact among Jewish and Arab workers in the labor market of Mandatory Palestine. It is both a labor market study, based on the Split Labor Market Theory, and a case study of the labor market of Haifa, the center of economic development in Mandatory Palestine. Bernstein demonstrates the impact of the pervasive national conflict on the relations between the workers of the two nationalities and between their labor movements. She analyzes the attempts of Jewish workers to construct boundaries between themselves and the Arab workers, and also highlights cases of cooperation between Jewish and Arab workers and of joint class struggle.

Contents:

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Tables ""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""CURRENT APPROACHES AND NEW DIRECTIONS""; ""THE SPLIT LABOR MARKET THEORY AND ITS HISTORICAL GROUNDING""; ""Part I: The Split Develops""; ""The Split Labor Market of Mandatory Palestine: Actors, Sectors, and Strategies""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS""; ""JEWISH AND ARAB LABOR""; ""THE DIFFERENTIAL VALUE OF JEWISH AND ARAB LABOR""; ""THE ECONOMIC SECTORS OF PALESTINE""; ""INTERRELATIONS""

""FROM SECTORS BACK TO ACTORS""""ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES""; ""Haifa-Growing and Growing Apart""; ""EARLY TREMORS OF GROWTH""; ""EXPANDING COMMUNITIES AND NEW NEIGHBORHOODS""; ""HAIFA - THE POLITICAL CONTEXT""; ""SPHERES OF COOPERATION AND THE PULL OF SEGREGATION""; ""ARAB AND JEWISH LABOR""; ""TO CONCLUDE""; ""Part II: In the Labor Market""; ""Construction - Competing at the Work Site""; ""CONSTRUCTION - FL UCTUATION AND SCOPE""; ""DILEMMAS OF ORGANIZATION""; ""WAGES AND COMPETIT10N""; ""THE BOROWSKI BUILDING""; ""TO CONCLUDE""; ""Manufacturing Industry-Almost Separate""

""TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING IN PALESTINE""""HAIFA-THE CENTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRY""; ""WHEN WORKING TOGETHER""; ""TO CONCLUDE""; ""The Haifa Port Entering the Gateway""; ""THE HAIFA PORT AND THE ISSUE OF JEWISH LABOR""; ""THE LABOR FORCE OF THE HAIFA PORT - MAJOR TRENDS""; ""EXPORTING THE CITRUS CRATES""; ""IN THE CUSTOMS TRANSIT SHED""; ""WORKING TOGETHER, ACTING TOGETHER?""; ""TO CONCLUDE""; ""The Palestine Railways: ""Here We Are All Natives . .. "" or the Limits of Cooperation""; ""TRENDS IN THE LABOR FORCE OF THE PALESTINE RAILWAY ""; ""THE PALESTINE RAILWAY AND ITS INTERNAL ORGANIZATION""

""WAGE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE""""JOINT ACTION AND JOINT ORGANIZATION""; ""TO CONCLUDE""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Glossary""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""; ""Name Index""; ""Back Cover ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-266) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791492758

0791492753

OCLC:

1428234328