Constructing Boundaries

Deborah S. Bernstein is Senior Lecturer at the University of Haifa. She is the author of Struggle for Equality: Women in Pre-State Israeli Society and is the editor of Pioneers and Homemakers: Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel, also published by SUNY Press.

• Tables Illustrations Preface Introduction Current Approaches and New Directions The Split Labor Market Theory and Its Historical Grounding Part IThe Split Develops Chapter 1The Split Labor Market of Mandatory Palestine: Actors, Sectors, and Strategies Demographic and Social TrendsJewish and Arab LaborJewish LaborArab LaborThe Differential Value of Jewish and Arab LaborThe Economic Sectors of PalestineInterrelationsFrom Sectors Back to ActorsAlternative Strategies Chapter 2Haifa—Growing and Growing Apart Early Tremors of GrowthExpanding Communities and New NeighborhoodsDemographic Growth—Absolute and Relative ChangeSpatial Growth—the Formation of New NeighborhoodsHaifa—the Political ContextSpheres of Cooperation and the Pull of SegregationSocial RelationsMunicipal RelationsEconomic RelationsArab and Jewish LaborArab LaborJewish LaborWages and DifferentialsTo Conclude Part IIIn the Labor Market Chapter 3Construction—Competing at the Work Site Construction—Fluctuation and ScopeDilemmas of OrganizationWages and CompetitionThe Borowski BuildingTo Conclude Chapter 4Manufacturing Industry—Almost Separate Trends in Manufacturing in PalestineJewish IndustryArab IndustryMutual ImpactHaifa—the Center of Heavy IndustryGeneral TrendsShemen and Nesher—Nahum Wilbush and Michael PollakThe Tobacco and Cigarette Industry— Mabruk and Hajj Tahir QaramanWhen Working TogetherThe Nur Match FactoryThe Nesher QuarryMosaica Tile FactoryTo Conclude Chapter 5The Haifa Port—Entering the Gateway The Haifa Port and the Issue of Jewish LaborThe Labor Force of the Haifa Port—Major TrendsExporting the Citrus CratesIn the Customs Transit ShedWorking Together, Acting Together?To Conclude Chapter 6The Palestine Railways: "Here We Are All Natives... "or the Limits of Cooperation Trends in the Labor Force of the Palestine RailwayThe Palestine Railway and Its Internal OrganizationWage and Conditions of ServiceJoint Action and Joint OrganizationTogether Within a Histadrut-Oriented Organization, 1919-1927The Joint Committee, 1928-1936Two Organizations and Three Strikes, 1939-1947To Conclude Conclusion Glossary Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Subject Index Name Index

"…an important contribution … " — Jewish Book World"This is an exceptionally well-written book, very readable even while making a significant contribution to two literatures—both Split Labor Market theorizing and the Israeli historiography debate." — Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts–Amherst"Bernstein has drawn on studies from a number of different disciplines—history, political science, economics, and geography, and she weaves them together into a compelling story of workers' lives and interactions in Haifa." — Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College