03806nam 2200745Ia 450 991078607000332120230801230118.03-11-028815-X10.1515/9783110288155(CKB)2670000000317676(EBL)894055(OCoLC)822025090(SSID)ssj0000818441(PQKBManifestationID)11456729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818441(PQKBWorkID)10840412(PQKB)11574316(MiAaPQ)EBC894055(DE-B1597)177001(OCoLC)853267429(OCoLC)961673359(DE-B1597)9783110288155(Au-PeEL)EBL894055(CaPaEBR)ebr10634571(CaONFJC)MIL804704(EXLCZ)99267000000031767620120718d2012 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrZionism 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]Berlin ;Boston De Gruyterc20121 online resource (212 p.)Israel Studies in Historical GeographyIsrael studies in historical geographyDescription based upon print version of record.3-11-028806-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-196) and indexes.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 --IndexIrit 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.Israel Studies in Historical GeographyCitrusPalestineHistory20th centuryAgricultural innovationsPalestineHistory20th centuryAgriculturePalestineHistory20th centuryEntrepreneurshipPalestineHistory20th centuryMediterranean Coast (Israel)Economic conditions20th centuryIndustrial monuments.Zionism.citrus fruit.entrepreneurship.CitrusHistoryAgricultural innovationsHistoryAgricultureHistoryEntrepreneurshipHistory956.9404Amit-Cohen Irit1542850MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786070003321Zionism and free enterprise3795966UNINA