Men of capital : scarcity and economy in mandate palestine

Sherene Seikaly

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Politics of Basic Needs -- 1. Men of Capital: Making Money, Making Nation -- 2. Women of Thrift: Domesticity and Home Economics -- 3. A Nutritional Economy: The Calorie, Development, and War -- 4. A Public Good: Palestinian Businessmen and World War II -- 5. The Vegetable Racket: Scarcity and the Cost of Living -- Conclusion: Postwar Austerity and the Discipline of Detail -- Notes -- Index.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Seikaly, Sherene
Publisher:	Palo Alto : Stanford University Press
Subject:	Wirtschaftslage \| Macroeconomic performance \| Geschichte \| History \| Palästina \| Palestine \| Araber \| Palästinenser \| Weltkrieg <1939-1945> \| Wirtschaftsethnologie \| Wirtschaftliche Lage \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| 1917-1948
Description of contents:	Men of Capital reveals how Palestinian businessmen and British colonial officials used economy to shape territory, the nation, the home, and the body.

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Extent:	1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
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ISBN:	978-0-8047-9672-9 ; 978-0-8047-9288-2 ; 978-0-8047-9661-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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