Del 11 i serien Cambridge Middle East Studies

The Divided Economy of Mandatory Palestine

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

AvJacob Metzer,Charles Tripp

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Adopting a systematic yet non-technical approach. Jacob Metzer's book is the first to analyse the divided economy of Mandatory Palestine from the viewpoints of modern economic history and development economics. While the existing literature has tended to focus on the Jewish economy, this book explores the socio-economic attributes of both the Arab and Jewish communities within the complex political economy of the period. A concluding chapter reviews the uneasy record of Arab-Jewish economic coexistence in the area of Mandatory Palestine, composed of present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The book makes a significant contribution to the economic history of the modern Middle East and to an understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It will appeal to economic historians, development economists and to scholars in the related fields of social and political history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-05-16
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt440 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Middle East Studies
Antal sidor300
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521894388

Tillhör följande kategorier

1. Palestine's economic structure and performance: introduction and overview; 2. The peoples of Palestine: a comparative account; 3. Patterns and characteristics of Palestine's (Jewish) immigration; 4. Production resources in a divided economy: land, capital and labor; 5. Production and trade; 6. Public sectors in Palestine's economic life; 7. Postscript: some observations on economic co-existence in adversity.

'Jacob Metzer's excellent analysis of the economy of Mandatory Palestine combines modern economic history and development economics to explore the Arab and Jewish economies and their sectoral disparities. Offering new quantitative data on national income accounts, he examines the nature of Palestine's divided economy and carefully distinguishes between economic dualism and political ethno-nationalism as features contributing to the clear developmental asymmetries between the Arab and Jewish sectors.' Sara Roy, Harvard University