Constructing Boundaries
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Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine(SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine(SUNY series in Israeli Studies)


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Constructing Boundaries examines the competition, interaction, and impact among Jewish and Arab workers in the labor market of Mandatory Palestine. It is both a labor market study, based on the Split Labor Market Theory, and a case study of the labor market of Haifa, the center of economic development in Mandatory Palestine. Bernstein demonstrates the impact of the pervasive national conflict on the relations between the workers of the two nationalities and between their labor movements. She analyzes the attempts of Jewish workers to construct boundaries between themselves and the Arab workers, and also highlights cases of cooperation between Jewish and Arab workers and of joint class struggle.

Table of Contents:
Tables Illustrations Preface Introduction Current Approaches and New Directions The Split Labor Market Theory and Its Historical Grounding Part I The Split Develops Chapter 1 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 Chapter 2 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 To Conclude Part II In the Labor Market Chapter 3 Construction—Competing at the Work Site Construction—Fluctuation and Scope Dilemmas of Organization Wages and Competition The Borowski Building To Conclude Chapter 4 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 To Conclude Chapter 5 The Haifa Port—Entering the Gateway The Haifa Port and the Issue of Jewish Labor The Labor Force of the Haifa Port—Major Trends Exporting the Citrus Crates In the Customs Transit Shed Working Together, Acting Together? To Conclude Chapter 6 The Palestine Railways: "Here We Are All Natives . . . "or the Limits of Cooperation Trends in the Labor Force of the Palestine Railway The Palestine Railway and Its Internal Organization Wage and Conditions of Service Joint Action and Joint Organization Together Within a Histadrut-Oriented Organization, 1919-1927 The Joint Committee, 1928-1936 Two Organizations and Three Strikes, 1939-1947 To Conclude Conclusion Glossary Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Subject Index Name Index

About the Author :
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.

Review :
"…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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791445396
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Israeli Studies
  • Sub Title: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0791445399
  • Publisher Date: 31 Mar 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 517 gr


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