Amit-Cohen Zionism and Free Enterprise

The Story of Private Entrepreneurs in Citrus Plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-028815-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten

Reihe: Israel Studies in Historical Geography

In co-publication with The Hebrew University Magnes Press

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Institutes, Academics (History of Zionism, Jewish Studies)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amit-Cohen, Irit

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Introduction. Reconstructing the Past to Shape the Present;9
2;Chapter 1. Time and Space – Spatial and Periodical Delimitations;18
2.1;A. Central Coastal Plain of Palestine in the British Mandate Period;18
2.2;B. Private Entrepreneurs in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s;23
2.3;C. The Book’s Objectives;26
3;Chapter 2. The Private Entrepreneur and Economic Development of Palestine in the British Mandate Period;29
3.1;A. Private Entrepreneur: Definitions and Characteristics;29
3.2;B. Palestine and Private Enterprise in the 1920s and 1930s;31
3.3;C. Development in Palestine from the Standpoint of the Private Investor;37
4;Chapter 3. Citrus Plantation Farms on the Central Coastal Plain;44
4.1;A. Immigration to Palestine - Its Effect on Decisions to Establish Small Citrus Grove Estates;44
4.2;B. The Qalmaniya Estate;48
4.3;C. Canadian Jews and Plantations Farms on the Central Coastal Plain;58
4.3.1;The Norman Schiffer Farm;60
4.3.2;Max Adelman and Gan Hasharon Citrus Plantations;65
5;Chapter 4. Plantation Companies in the Southern Coastal Plain - Private Initiatives for Cooperative Settlement;73
5.1;A. Introduction;73
5.2;B. Gan Raveh: Citrus Groves of South African Jews;79
5.3;C. Meir Rosoff's Citrus Gardens;91
5.3.1;The Management Committee according to Rosoff;94
5.3.2;Chomsky: Cooperation between Capital and Labor;100
5.3.3;Gan Rashal;108
5.3.4;Ganney Hadar;110
6;Chapter 5. From Alexandria to Palestine - Baron de Menasche and the Bnei Binyamin Association;118
6.1;Felix de Menasche – Introduction;118
6.2;De Menasche Family;119
6.3;Baron de Menasche: Connections with Weizmann and Political Activity;122
6.4;Felix de Menasche: Settlement Activity in Palestine in the 1920s;126
6.5;Felix de Menasche and his Investments in Palestine in the 1930s;132
7;Chapter 6. Tycoons in Palestine;138
7.1;A. Discovering the Economic Potential of Palestine;138
7.2;B. Chaim Weizmann and His Approach to Large Private Capital;141
7.2.1;Asher Pierce;146
7.2.2;Max Shoolman;152
7.2.3;Alfred Mond;158
7.3;C. The Development: Gan Haim Plantations Company;159
7.3.1;Expansion: Efforts to Create a Monopoly in the Citrus Grove Belt in the Coastal Plain;165
7.4;D. The Split: Establishment of the Palestine Plantation Company;171
8;Chapter 7. Conclusion: Space, Time and Human Being;180
8.1;Space and Time – The Citrus Plantation, a Unique Phenomenon in Palestine during the British Mandate Period;180
8.2;Human Being – Biography Designs Landscape;190
9;Bibliography;196
10;Index;205

Über Autor(innen)

Irit Amit-Cohen, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.