Men of capital scarcity and economy in Mandate Palestine

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 a...

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1. Verfasser: Seikaly, Sherene (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 2016
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Beschreibung:xii, 258 Seiten
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23 cm
ISBN:9780804796613
978-0-8047-9661-3
9780804792882
978-0-8047-9288-2