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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786070003321

Autore

Amit-Cohen Irit

Titolo

Zionism and free enterprise [[electronic resource] ] : the story of private entrepreneurs in citrus plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s / / Irit Amit-Cohen ; [translated from Hebrew by Jerry Aviram]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012

ISBN

3-11-028815-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Israel Studies in Historical Geography

Israel studies in historical geography

Disciplina

956.9404

Soggetti

Citrus - Palestine - History - 20th century

Agricultural innovations - Palestine - History - 20th century

Agriculture - Palestine - History - 20th century

Entrepreneurship - Palestine - History - 20th century

Mediterranean Coast (Israel) Economic conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-196) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.