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Strike Action and Nation Building: Labor Unrest in Palestine/Israel, 1899-1951
David de Vries
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Description for Strike Action and Nation Building: Labor Unrest in Palestine/Israel, 1899-1951
Hardback. Strike-action has long been a notable phenomenon in Israeli society, despite forces that have weakened its recurrence, such as the Arab-Jewish conflict, the decline of organized labor, and the increase of precarious workers. This book unravels the trajectory of the strikes in the first half of the 20th century.. Num Pages: 196 pages, 11 illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Strike-action has long been a notable phenomenon in Israeli society, despite forces that have weakened its recurrence, such as the Arab-Jewish conflict, the decline of organized labor, and the increasing precariousness of employment. While the impact of strikes was not always immense, they are deeply rooted in Israel's past during the Ottoman Empire and Mandate Palestine. Workers persist in using them for material improvement and to gain power in both the private and public sectors, reproducing a vibrant social practice whose codes have withstood the test of time. This book unravels the trajectory of the strikes as a rich source ... Read more
Strike-action has long been a notable phenomenon in Israeli society, despite forces that have weakened its recurrence, such as the Arab-Jewish conflict, the decline of organized labor, and the increasing precariousness of employment. While the impact of strikes was not always immense, they are deeply rooted in Israel's past during the Ottoman Empire and Mandate Palestine. Workers persist in using them for material improvement and to gain power in both the private and public sectors, reproducing a vibrant social practice whose codes have withstood the test of time. This book unravels the trajectory of the strikes as a rich source ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
487g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782388098
SKU
V9781782388098
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99-15
About David de Vries
David De Vries is a social historian in the department of Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University. Among his publications are Idealism and Bureaucracy in 1920s Palestine: The Origins of 'Red Haifa' (1999), Dock Workers: International Explorations in Labour History, 1790 - 1970 (2000, co-edited), and Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine (2010).
Reviews for Strike Action and Nation Building: Labor Unrest in Palestine/Israel, 1899-1951
This is simply one of the best books I have read on the history of Israel/Palestine in several years. It is easily among the top three or four best and most important of its type
but I would hasten to add that it is quite distinct - Given the current climate of opinion, with overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward 'strikes' as instruments ... Read more
but I would hasten to add that it is quite distinct - Given the current climate of opinion, with overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward 'strikes' as instruments ... Read more