Zionism and Free Enterprise : : The Story of Private Entrepreneurs in Citrus Plantations in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s / / Irit Amit-Cohen.

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• VerfasserIn: Amit-Cohen, Irit ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Israel Studies in Historical Geography
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations. List of Maps. List of Photographs --; Introduction. Reconstructing the Past to Shape the Present --; Chapter 1. Time and Space – Spatial and Periodical Delimitations --; Chapter 2. The Private Entrepreneur and Economic Development of Palestine in the British Mandate Period --; Chapter 3. Citrus Plantation Farms on the Central Coastal Plain --; Chapter 4. Plantation Companies in the Southern Coastal Plain – Private Initiatives for Cooperative Settlement --; Chapter 5. From Alexandria to Palestine – Baron de Menasche and the Bnei Binyamin Association --; Chapter 6. Tycoons in Palestine --; Chapter 7. Conclusion: Space, Time and Human Being --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110288155; 9783110238570; 9783110635836; 9783110288995; 9783110293715; 9783110288971
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110288155
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Irit Amit-Cohen.

Irit Amit-Cohen explores the riddle behind disappearing citrus orchards and plantations from Israel’s coastal scenery. The book reveals the biographies of entrepreneurs who came to Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. Exposing the uniqueness of the plantation companies, describing the figures involved in them and analyzing their contribution to forming Palestine’s settlement landscape in the British Mandate period, this book relates the intimate narrative of settlements which were built as temporary structures, but still leave lasting imprints on the landscape.