California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939 Hardcover - 2005
by Nahum Karlinsky
First line
FOR MOST PEOPLE in the Yishuv-the pre-state Jewish community in Eretz Israel (Palestine)-in the late Ottoman and the British Mandate periods, citriculture evoked a tapestry of images that would later evolve into sacred symbols of the Israeli experience: the tantalizing aroma of citrus blossoms blanketing the whole country, heralding the end of the cold winter and the advent of spring; the picker's pleasant fatigue at sunset after a grueling day in the orchards in agonizing struggle for the "conquest of labor" (the Zionist term for establishing the primacy of Jewish, as opposed to Arab, labor); and the ardent faith, the parched throat, and the clenched fists in vehement protest against Jewish citrus growers in the moshavot (privately owned agricultural colonies, sing. moshava) who used Arab labor.
Details
- Title California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890-1939
- Author Nahum Karlinsky
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 270
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher State University of New York Press
- Date August 4, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents, Unabridged
- ISBN 9780791465271 / 0791465276
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.16 x 0.86 in (22.81 x 15.65 x 2.18 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Citrus fruit industry - Palestine - History, Fruit trade - Palestine - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004022564
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.174