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Zionism and free enterprise : the story of private entrepreneurs in citrus plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s /
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 1920s and 1930s. Exposing the uniqueness of the plantation companies, describing the figures invo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Israel studies in historical geography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Alfred MondC. The Development: Gan Haim Plantations Company; Expansion: Efforts to Create a Monopoly in the Citrus Grove Belt in the Coastal Plain; D. The Split: Establishment of the Palestine Plantation Company; Chapter 7. Conclusion: Space, Time and Human Being; Space and Time
- The Citrus Plantation, a Unique Phenomenon in Palestine during the British Mandate Period; Human Being
- Biography Designs Landscape; Bibliography; Index.
- Chapter 3. Citrus Plantation Farms on the Central Coastal PlainA. Immigration to Palestine
- Its Effect on Decisions to Establish Small Citrus Grove Estates; B. The Qalmaniya Estate; C. Canadian Jews and Plantations Farms on the Central Coastal Plain; The Norman Schiffer Farm; Max Adelman and Gan Hasharon Citrus Plantations; Chapter 4. Plantation Companies in the Southern Coastal Plain
- Private Initiatives for Cooperative Settlement; A. Introduction; B. Gan Raveh: Citrus Groves of South African Jews; C. Meir Rosoff's Citrus Gardens; The Management Committee according to Rosoff.
- Chomsky: Cooperation between Capital and LaborGan Rashal; Ganney Hadar; Chapter 5. From Alexandria to Palestine
- Baron de Menasche and the Bnei Binyamin Association; Felix de Menasche
- Introduction; De Menasche Family; Baron de Menasche: Connections with Weizmann and Political Activity; Felix de Menasche: Settlement Activity in Palestine in the 1920s; Felix de Menasche and his Investments in Palestine in the 1930s; Chapter 6. Tycoons in Palestine; A. Discovering the Economic Potential of Palestine; B. Chaim Weizmann and His Approach to Large Private Capital; Asher Pierce; Max Shoolman.
- Introduction. Reconstructing the Past to Shape the Present; Chapter 1. Time and Space
- Spatial and Periodical Delimitations; A. Central Coastal Plain of Palestine in the British Mandate Period; B. Private Entrepreneurs in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s; C. The Book's Objectives; Chapter 2. The Private Entrepreneur and Economic Development of Palestine in the British Mandate Period; A. Private Entrepreneur: Definitions and Characteristics; B. Palestine and Private Enterprise in the 1920s and 1930s; C. Development in Palestine from the Standpoint of the Private Investor.