Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 61)
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- Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 61)
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Palestine will show that share-cropping was compatible with the
transitional and capitalist economy and, in all its forms, signified a
departure from pre-capitalist relations of production. Peasants in all
forms of share-cropping were at least partially displaced from their
land; share-cropping in at least one case involved the mechanization
of agricultural production and the production for the mazket; and,
finally, the emergence of share-cropping within the village/Hamula
structure was a social force causing further peasant differentiation.
Colonialism and Capitalist Accumulation
The process of peasant differentiation in Palestine had reached a
historic turning point at the turn of the century as a result of
British colonialism and Zionist capitalist development in Palestine.
Capitalism developed during British colonialism and Zionist settler
rule was not imposed on a barren land or a stagnant history but hada to
articulate with and further expand the process of primitive
accumulation already existing in Palestine. Two forms of accumulation
have been articulated: original or "primitive" accumulation, which was
generated from within Palestine, and capitalist accumulation, which
was largely enhanced by "external" forces. It is in the context of
this history of the articulation of two forms of accumulation that a
proper understanding of change and transition in Palestine can be
attained.
Colonialism: A Speeding Force For Capitalist Development
The imposition of colonial capitalism on Third World countries
facilitates, but does not initiate, capitalist development. In the
first half of the twentieth century the Palestinian socio-economic
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- Nahla Abdo-Zubi
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