Hans Derks, Ph.D. (1986), Amsterdam University, taught at universities in the Netherlands and abroad. He has published many monographs and articles, often on China, including The History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600-1950 (Brill, 2012); Victims and Perpetrators: Dutch Shoah, 1933/45 and beyond (Brill, 2019); and the first two volumes of this set, The Market and the Oikos: The Relationship Between Religion and Capitalism in Modern China (Brill, 2018) and The Market and the Oikos, Vol. II The Peasant and the Nomad in History (Brill, 2022). The author’s webpage is www.hderks.dds.nl.

• PART 1: Preliminary RemarksIntroductionA First Strategic Local FieldAcknowledgement1 Preface1 Caroline Elkins (2022)2 Tom Segev (2018)3 Elizabeth Thompson (2020)4 Rashid Khalidi (2020)5 Philippe Sands (2022)2 A Small Lesson in Big Definitions1 Race2 Rasse3 Volk, Völker4 Jew5 Jude6 Antisemitism7 Holocaust – German Genocide – Shoah8 Nationalism9 Zionism3 Rasse, Volk and Nation, 1900–19481 The Sources2 The Future of the Past3 Ignaz Zollschan, 1877–19484 Rasse-Theory5 The Rasse Practice and Means6 Arthur Ruppin, 1876–19437 Werner Sombart, 1863–19414 Settlers of the West1 Settler’s Historical Sins2 Protestants3 Catholics4 Profiles5 A Zionist Settler Profile6 USA versus Zionists7 The Holocaust Settlers8 The Slow Death of the “Last Settler”PART 2: Political, Ideological PerformanceIntroduction5 First Period, 1900–19201 Zionist Moral2 The Not so Holy Land3 Which “West” Meets Which “East”?4 Religion, Ideology and Colonialism5 Palestinian Population6 The Balfour Zionists versus American Jews7 Early “Zionism” and Racism8 What About the Balfour British and “their Arabs”?6 Second Period, ca. 1920–19451 The Unbeloved New Zionists2 “Freund”/ Friend versus “Feind”/ Enemy3 Provocations4 The German Card I5 Robert Weltsch6 A Prince of Darkness7 … and His “Iron Wall”8 The Left Zionists’ Illusion9 Where are the New Zionist Immigrants?10 Selections11 Town – Country Contradictions12 Zionists Contra American Democracy13 The Daily Terror7 Third Period, 1945–19481 Old Chaps2 New Inhabitants for Israel3 Old Inhabitants from Palestine4 A New “State”PART 3: The Social and Economic Performance of Palestine (Ca. 1890–1948) 8 Internal Performance1 Industry 1890–19202 Agriculture 1890–19203 Agriculture 1920–19483.1 Underpaid Zionist Farmers?3.2 Citrus3.3 Milk and Meat3.4 A Future Development4 Zionist Bureaucracy4.1 Histadruth4.2 Jewish Agency5 Industry, 1920–19485.1 The Palestinian Producers5.2 A Pessimistic Evaluation5.3 The Sector Capital5.4 The Oil, Chemical and Electricity Impulses5.5 The Money Industry9 External Performance1 Import – Export Situation2 The German Card II3 The Transfer4 The Ha’avarah Effects in Palestine5 Emigration with a Jewish Background6 Supply and Demand of “Rich Material”7 The First Transfer Game8 Ideology as Prime Mover to Surrender9 Worthy Protest and Unworthy Behavior10 What About the Next and Last Transfer Game?PART 4: Concluding Remarks, 1918–19481 British Responsibility2 The American Responsibility3 The British and their Alternative4 A Settlers’ Paradise5 The Zionist Frenzy6 A Beginning of the End7 Still a Bright Future?BibliographyIndex