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Title: Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 by Gershon Shafir ISBN: 0-520-20401-8 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting history, but still lacks something
Comment: Gershon Shafir published this book in 1996 through University of California Press. Certainly it is a major contribution to undersatnding the fundamental problems of any attempt at a settlemen in Israel/Palestine. Working in the same vein as Benny Morris, Tom Segev, Ilan Pape, and other "new" historians (the name is used in both praise and derision), Shafir crafted an impressive work that attempted to cut through Zionist and Palestinian myths and examine what truly happened from 1882-1914. However, after all his impressive research, readers feel like there may be more to the story than written.
After a comparison and contrast of different styles of colonialism (he asserts that Zionism can best be understood as a form of colonialism), he reviews Zionist land policies. For Shafir, agriculture and the land is the root of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While this is certainly a hugely important issue, he neglects the urban roots of conflict in favor of his agricultural theories. Ironically, this only furthers the myth of Israelis returning to the land, whereas most future Israelis lived in cities. Without examining the urban aspects of the conflict, he only tells part of the story. Also, his work is Ashkenazi-centric (European Jewish). True, the leaders of Zionism were mostly Central/Eastern European during this period, but he virtually marginalizes the story of other Zionists.
Nevertheless, Shafir's contribution to the academic literature as it offers a glimpse into the agricultural roots that contributed to the modern conflict.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent treatment
Comment: This is an excellent examination of the economic forces that have shaped the conflict in Palestine/Israel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding economic explanation of the conflict
Comment: This is an example of a revisionist argument at its best. Gershon Shafir uses the same primary sources the major Middle-East historians have used for decades and offers up an economic, non-religious, and elegantly simple explanation of the conflict as it exists today.
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Title: Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi ISBN: 0231105150 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.50 |
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Title: The War for Palestine : Rewriting the History of 1948 by Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim ISBN: 0521794765 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 16 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948 by Anita Shapira ISBN: 0804737762 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Elvis in Jerusalem: Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel by Haim Watzman, Tom Segev ISBN: 0805072888 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Palestinian People : A History by Baruch Kimmerling, Joel S. Migdal ISBN: 0674011295 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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