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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David De VriesPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781800739437ISBN 10: 1800739435 Pages: 362 Publication Date: 14 July 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Map Introduction Global and National: War, Diamonds and the Colonial State Chapter 1. Palestine as an Alternative Preconditions Local Initiatives The Pressure of the War The Logic of Limited Expansion Chapter 2. The Making of a Monopoly Effects of the Occupation Organizing Capital Power and Contestation Chapter 3. Diamond Work and Zionist Time The Reign of the Small Stone Gain and Discipline Facing the 'Triangular Thread' Splintering Labor's Voice Zionist Legitimacy Chapter 4. The Challenge and its Constraints In Antwerp's Absence The Politics of Supply Adamant London Accountability and Vindication Chapter 5. Labor Unrest Actors and Issues The First General Strike Labor-Capital Rapprochement Propensity to Strike The Long Showdown Chapter 6. Liberation and Liberalization Contrasts at War's End Incipient De-Control Deregulation Chapter 7. Crisis and Restructuring Reversal of Fortunes National Intervention Labor's Moment Chapter 8. Reproducing the Pact State of Transition The Pact Epilogue Appendices Table A.1 Explanation of Names of Diamond Factories in 1930-1950 Palestine Table A.2 Establishment of Diamond Factories in Palestine, 1937-1941 Table A.3 Origins of Main Owners of Diamond Factories in Palestine, November 1941 Table A.4 Diamond Factories (PDMA Membership), Palestine November 1944 Table A.5 Diamond Factories (PDMA Membership), Palestine November 1946 Table A.6 Diamond Cooperatives in Palestine/Israel, 1946-1949 Bibliography IndexReviewswell-written and meticulously researched and following several story lines. - International Review of Social History This book, aimed at labour historians but also interesting to scholars engaged in Colonial Studies, provides a valuable account of how government and private capital became intertwined, thereby wresting the power over policy from the common people and handing it to those motivated mainly by their own profit, resulting in painful inequalities that reverberate in Israel to this very day. - European Review of History--Revue europeenne d'histoire This is an important and thorough study that will speak to students and scholars of economic thought, labour history, colonialism, capitalism and British-ruled Palestine. - Social History This meticulously researched and well-written book establishes the author as the ultimate authority on the diamond-cutting and -marketing business of Israel and as one of the leading writers... on the history of the world diamond industry. Even for those with a solid background in mining and business history, there is much to learn from this lengthy, complex, and intriguing study. - Business History Review This well-written, highly detailed book is superbly researched: De Vries has made use of multiple archives, memoirs, and contemporary publications, including the diamond trade press. The book may not offer an easy read for undergraduate-level classes. It will be of interest to a cross-disciplinary range of business and economic historians, scholars of labor or empire, and historians of Mandatory Palestine and Zionism. - American Historical Review The author's meticulous research, uncovering and fruitfully utilizing a rich body of archival and published sources, has enabled him to unfold the fascinating story of the war-related emergence of diamond cutting and polishing in Palestine and place it within its appropriate domestic colonial, and international contexts...The detailed and insightful narrative it offers is a valuable contribution to our knowledge. - The Journal of Israeli History The author has thoroughly researched the topic--indeed sixty-page pages are given to appendices and notes. The book will be useful for any collection devoted to industrial development, labor relations, and the social history of state-building in mandatory Palestine, and will be an essential reference book on how the Israeli diamond industry became established. - Israel Studies Review well-written and meticulously researched and following several story lines. * International Review of Social History This book, aimed at labour historians but also interesting to scholars engaged in Colonial Studies, provides a valuable account of how government and private capital became intertwined, thereby wresting the power over policy from the common people and handing it to those motivated mainly by their own profit, resulting in painful inequalities that reverberate in Israel to this very day. * European Review of History-Revue europeenne d'histoire This is an important and thorough study that will speak to students and scholars of economic thought, labour history, colonialism, capitalism and British-ruled Palestine. * Social History This meticulously researched and well-written book establishes the author as the ultimate authority on the diamond-cutting and -marketing business of Israel and as one of the leading writers... on the history of the world diamond industry. Even for those with a solid background in mining and business history, there is much to learn from this lengthy, complex, and intriguing study. * Business History Review This well-written, highly detailed book is superbly researched: De Vries has made use of multiple archives, memoirs, and contemporary publications, including the diamond trade press. The book may not offer an easy read for undergraduate-level classes. It will be of interest to a cross-disciplinary range of business and economic historians, scholars of labor or empire, and historians of Mandatory Palestine and Zionism. * American Historical Review The author's meticulous research, uncovering and fruitfully utilizing a rich body of archival and published sources, has enabled him to unfold the fascinating story of the war-related emergence of diamond cutting and polishing in Palestine and place it within its appropriate domestic colonial, and international contexts...The detailed and insightful narrative it offers is a valuable contribution to our knowledge. * The Journal of Israeli History The author has thoroughly researched the topic-indeed sixty-page pages are given to appendices and notes. The book will be useful for any collection devoted to industrial development, labor relations, and the social history of state-building in mandatory Palestine, and will be an essential reference book on how the Israeli diamond industry became established. * Israel Studies Review Author InformationDavid De Vries is an Associate Professor at the Department of Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He studied history at the LSE and Warwick University. A social historian, his primary research interests are modern labor and business history of Palestine and Israel. His publications include Idealism and Bureaucracy in 1920s Palestine: The Origins of 'Red Haifa' (1999, in Hebrew) and Dock Workers: International Explorations in Labor History, 1790-1970 (2000, co-edited). Currently he is writing on strikes in Israeli history and is involved in a project on new perspectives in the business history of the modern Middle East. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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