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UNINA9910821984903321 |
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Autore |
Bareli Avi |
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The academic middle-class rebellion : socio-political conflict over wage-gaps in Israel, 1954-1956 / / by Avi Bareli, Uri Cohen ; translator Alma Schneider |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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Collana |
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Jewish Identities in a Changing World, , 1570-7997 ; ; Volume 30 |
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Soggetti |
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Wages - Israel |
Ashkenazim - Israel - Attitudes |
Sephardim - Israel - Social conditions |
Israel Politics and government |
Israel Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Distributive Justice and the White-Collar Workforce: The Outbreak of Conflict -- The ‘Engine-Coach Car’ Dilemma: mapai’s Discourse on Class, Ethnicity, and Modernization -- “In Torn Soles on a Marble Floor”: The Guri Committee and Sharett Government Debates on White-Collar Workers’ Wages, 1954–1955 -- “On Your Mark!” Public Discourse after the 1955 Elections -- “If they Strike—So be it!” The Socialist Pact to Thwart the Guri Committee Recommendations -- A Class-Inclusive Strike -- Summary and Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This new research investigates socio-political and ethnic-cultural conflicts over wage gaps in Israel during the 1950s. The Academic Middle-Class Rebellion exposes the struggle of the Ashkenazi (European) professional elite to capitalize on its advantages during the first decade of Israeli statehood, by attempting to maximize wage gaps between themselves and the new Oriental Jewish proletariat. This struggle was met with great resistance from the government under the ruling party, Mapai, and its leader David Ben-Gurion. The clash |
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