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Constructing boundaries :

Bernstein, Deborah.

Constructing boundaries : Jewish and Arab workers in mandatory Palestine / Deborah S. Bernstein. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �2000. - 1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) : illustrations - SUNY series in Israeli studies . - SUNY series in Israeli studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-266) and indexes.

Current approaches and new directions -- The split labor market theory and its historical grounding -- The split develops -- The split labor market of mandatory Palestine: actors, sectors, and strategies -- Demographic and social trends -- Jewish and Arab labor -- Jewish labor -- Arab labor -- The differential value of Jewish and Arab labor -- The economic sectors of Palestine -- Interrelations -- From sectors back to actors -- Alternative strategies -- Haifa--growing and growing apart -- Early tremors of growth -- Expanding communities and new neighborhoods -- Demographic growth--absolute and relative change -- Spatial growth--the formation of new neighborhoods -- Haifa--the political context -- Spheres of cooperation and the pull of segregation -- Social relations -- Municipal relations -- Economic relations -- Arab and Jewish labor -- Arab labor -- Jewish labor -- Wages and differentials -- In the labor market -- Construction--competing at the work site -- Construction--fluctuation and scope -- Dilemmas of organization -- Wages and competition -- The Borowski Building -- Manufacturing industry--almost separate -- Trends in manufacturing in Palestine -- Jewish industry -- Arab industry -- Mutual impact -- Haifa--the center of heavy industry -- General trends -- Shemen and Nesher--Nahum Wilbush and Michael Pollak -- The tobacco and cigarette industry--Mabruk and Hajj Tahir Qaraman -- When working together -- The Nur Match factory -- The Nesher quarry -- Mosaica tile factory -- The Haifa Port--entering the gateway.


English.

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1900-1999


Labor market--History--Israel--Haifa--20th century.
Jews--Economic conditions.--Israel--Haifa
Palestinian Arabs--Employment--Israel--Haifa.
Labor movement--History--Palestine--20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Jews--Economic conditions.
Labor market.
Labor movement.
Palestinian Arabs--Employment.
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.


Haifa (Israel)--Economic conditions.
Haifa (Israel)--Ethnic relations.
Israel--Haifa.
Middle East--Palestine.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

HD5812.2.A7 / H35 2000eb

331.12/095694/6