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Author: David De Vries
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781782388098
ISBN 10: 1782388095
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 01 July 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is simply one of the best books I have read on the history of Israel/Palestine in several years. It is easily among the top three or four best and most important of its type--but I would hasten to add that it is quite distinct - Given the current climate of opinion, with overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward 'strikes' as instruments of labour relations, it is crucial that the phenomenon be situated and analysed in a historical context. * Michael Berkowitz, University College London De Vries manages to combine a quantitative approach with story-telling - [This book] is well written with a view for detailed strike histories... I would recommend it especially [for studying] the relationship between labour and nationalism. * Sjaak van der Velden, International Institute of Social History
The book has many qualities. It is well written and well structured, and it hosts several tables and figures, which are quite useful for the reader. In terms of research, De Vries skillfully combines primary sources - documents identified in several Israeli and British archives, and a vast amount of press (all the most relevant newspapers of the time have been consulted) - with the existing historiography, with which the author engages in a very productive way... this is certainly a very good and useful book, which sheds light on an interesting and relevant topic and allows a better understanding of the process of nation - and the statebuilding in Palestine/Israel. * Middle East Media and Book Reviews A keen political, economic, and social historical scrutiny, Strike Action and Nation Building is a welcome contribution to college library International Studies shelves. * Midwest Book Review This is simply one of the best books I have read on the history of Israel/Palestine in several years. It is easily among the top three or four best and most important of its type--but I would hasten to add that it is quite distinct.... Given the current climate of opinion, with overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward 'strikes' as instruments of labour relations, it is crucial that the phenomenon be situated and analysed in a historical context. * Michael Berkowitz, University College London De Vries manages to combine a quantitative approach with story-telling...[This book] is well written with a view for detailed strike histories... I would recommend it especially [for studying] the relationship between labour and nationalism. * Sjaak van der Velden, International Institute of Social History
Author Information
David De Vries is a social historian in the department of Labor Studies at Tel Aviv University. Among his publications are Idealism and Bureaucracy in 1920s Palestine: The Origins of 'Red Haifa' (1999), Dock Workers: International Explorations in Labour History, 1790-1970 (2000, co-edited), and Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine (2010).
