Men of capital scarcity and economy in mandate Palestine

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

Author/creator	Seikaly, Sherene, 1971-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
Description	xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Palestinian Arabs--Economic conditions --20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects --Palestine. Palestine--Economic conditions --1917-1948.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-238) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015021469
ISBN	9780804792882 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780804796613 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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