Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 15)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 15)

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Introduction
A proper understanding of social formations and economic structures
is crucial for analysing and elucidating the processes of
transformation in an attempt to identify their salient features and,
perhaps, delineate some of the possible course they may eventually
take. Of central concern, in this context, is the critical
investigation of the social relations of production and the dynamics
of class conflicts and their relationship to subsequent political
developments.
The purpose of this study is, in very broad terms, to examine a
crucial phase in the history of Palestine prior to the establishment
of the state of Israel, through a critical reanalysis of the available
data and the introduction and incorporation of some hitherto
unexplored documents. More specifically, my investigation focuses on
Palestine's rural class formation as it evolved between the latter
part of the nineteenth century until 1947.
Palestine was under the Ottoman rule until World War One. Like
other Third World societies which were directly or indirectly affected
by the rise of western imperialism, it had also begun to to undergo
some major changes in its socio-economic structure. However, the
drastic changes in Palestine's socio-economic structure in general and
its rural class formation in particular materialized between the 1920s
and the late 1940s under British and Zionist colonization of the
country. In order to identify these changes and understand their
implications on the society's predominantly pre-capitalist economy, a
proper conceptual framework is called for.
Chapter One addresses this task by providing a critical examination
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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation

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Nahla Abdo-Zubi

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