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

By: Seikaly, Sherene, 1971- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804796729Subject(s): Palestinian Arabs -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Palestine | Palestine -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1948Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Men of capital : scarcity and economy in mandate Palestine.DDC classification: 330.95694/04 LOC classification: HC415.25 | .S445 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-238) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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