Men of capital : scarcity and economy in mandate Palestine / Sherene Seikaly. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9780804796729 (e-book)
- 330.95694/04 23
- HC415.25 .S445 2016
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-238) 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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.