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Men of capital : scarcity and economy in Mandate Palestine / Sherene Seikaly

Seikaly, Sherene, 1971- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press, [2016] [© 2016]

xii, 258 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm

Englisch

Introduction : the politics of basic needs -- Men of capital : making money, making nation -- Women of thrift : domesticity and home economics -- A nutritional economy : the calorie, development, and war -- A public good : Palestinian businessmen and World War II -- The vegetable racket : scarcity and the cost of living -- Conclusion : postwar austerity and the discipline of detail.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Men of capital / Seikaly, Sherene (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-8047-9661-3 (pbk.); 978-0-8047-9288-2

978-0-8047-9672-9 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015021469

OCoLC: 931931349     

QG 820  | NK 4148      Ähnliche Literatur

HC415.25

330.95694/04

*Araber ; Palästinenser ; Zweiter Weltkrieg ; Wirtschaftsethnologie ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Geschichte # 1917-1948     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Palestinian Arabs -- Economic conditions -- 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Palestine ; Palestine -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1948

Introduction : the politics of basic needs -- Men of capital : making money, making nation -- Women of thrift : domesticity and home economics -- A nutritional economy : the calorie, development, and war -- A public good : Palestinian businessmen and World War II -- The vegetable racket : scarcity and the cost of living -- Conclusion : postwar austerity and the discipline of detail