Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 |
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| Author:
| Shafir, Gershon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-20401-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. He argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but the particular conditions of the local conflict between the European "settlers" and the Palestinian Arab population.
Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. He argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but the particular conditions of the local conflict between the European "settlers" and the Palestinian Arab population.