Sherene Seikaly

Men of Capital

Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sherene Seikaly is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780804796613
• ISBN-10: 0804796610
• Artikelnr.: 42804118

Autorenporträt

Sherene Seikaly is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Politics of Basic Needs
1. Men of Capital: Making Money, Making Nation
2. Women of Thrift: Domesticity and Home Economics
3. A Nutritional Economy: The Calorie, Development, and War
4. A Public Good: Palestinian Businessmen and World War II
5. The Vegetable Racket: Scarcity and the Cost of Living
Conclusion: Postwar Austerity and the Discipline of Detail