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Author Karlinsky, Nahum

Title California dreaming : ideology, society, and technology in the citrus industry of Palestine, 1890-1939 / Nahum Karlinsky
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series SUNY series in Israeli studies
SUNY series in Israeli studies.
Contents CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939 -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Tantalizing Aroma of Citrus Blossoms -- PART I. Ideological Platform -- 2. Degania or Petah Tikva?: Private Enterprise in the Worldview of Jewish Citrus Growers in Palestine and Their Opponents -- PART II. Social and Geographical Platform -- 3. Spatial Distribution and Social and Entrepreneurial Profile -- PART III. Technological Innovations
4. From Jaffa to Petah Tikva: Technological Development in Citriculture during the Ottoman Period -- 5. Technological Innovations during the Mandate Era -- 6. Technological Innovations in Arab Citriculture -- PART IV. Growing Pains -- 7. Pursuit of Profit -- 8. The British Mandate Government's Policy toward the Citrus Industry -- 9. Attempts to Establish a Cartel -- 10. Conclusion: Jewish Citriculture as a Private-Enterprise Industry -- Notes -- CHAPTER ONE. THE TANTALYZING AROMA OF CITRUS BLOSSOMS -- CHAPTER TWO. DEGANIA OR PETAH TIVKA?
CHAPTER THREE. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE -- CHAPTER FOUR. FROM JAFFA TO PETAH TIKVA -- CHAPTER FIVE. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION DURING THE MANDATE ERA -- CHAPTER SIX. TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS IN ARAB CITRICULTURE -- CHAPTER SEVEN. PURSUIT OF PROFIT -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE BRITISH MANDATE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TOWARD THE CITRUS INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER NINE. ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A CARTEL -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Notes Based on author's doctoral thesis, Hebrew University, 1995
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index
Notes English
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Subject Citrus fruit industry -- Palestine -- History
Fruit trade -- Palestine -- History
Entrepreneurship -- Palestine -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Citrus fruit industry
Entrepreneurship
Fruit trade
Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423748786
9781423748786
0791465276
9780791465271
9780791482919
079148291X
Other Titles Periḥat he-hadar. English