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Seikaly, Sherene, 1971- author.

Title Men of capital : scarcity and economy in mandate Palestine / Sherene Seikaly.

Publication Info.	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
	2016

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-238) and index.
Contents	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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Palestinian Arabs -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Palestine.
	Palestine -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1948.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Seikaly, Sherene. Men of capital : scarcity and economy in mandate Palestine. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016] xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm 9780804796613
ISBN	9780804792882 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780804796613 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780804796729 (electronic bk.)