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Diamonds and war : state, capital and labor in British-ruled Palestine / by David De Vries.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Vries, David, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diamond cutting industry--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Diamond cutting industry.
- Diamond industry and trade--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Diamond industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
- New York Oxford Berghahn Books, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The mining of diamonds, their trading mechanisms, their financial institutions, and, not least, their cultural expressions as luxury items have engaged the work of historians, economists, social scientists, and international relations experts. Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world's main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the diamond-cutting i
- Contents:
- Diamonds and War; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Global and National: War, Diamonds, and the Colonial State; Chapter 1. Palestine as an Alternative; Chapter 2. The Making of a Monopoly; Chapter 3. Diamond Work and Zionist Time; Chapter 4. The Challenge and Its Constraints; Chapter 5. Labor Unrest; Chapter 6. Liberation and Liberalization; Chapter 7. Crisis and Restructuring; Chapter 8. Reproducing the Pact; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612627132
- 9781789201178
- 1789201179
- 9781282627130
- 1282627139
- 9781845458003
- 1845458001
- OCLC:
- 645100963
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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