Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 82)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 82)

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expropriation of the land and the proletarianization of the
The Musha'ta
In addition to village land, villagers traditionally had
peasantry.
access to
land around the village. This land, identified earlier as Matruka or
Musha'a, was not claimed by any individual or family in the Hamula.
Instead, it was commonly used by all the village. Matruka
or Musha'a
land was largely uncultivated. It was used, as in the Mark commune
described by Marx, for grazing, grain storage and as a
water. In other words, this land provided supplementary res
the villagers.
It is not surprising that all the literature which
assumes that the Musha'a was a form of land tenure and tha
also widespread (Baer, 1976; Flapan, 1979; Firestone, 1975),
system as an excuse to justify its conceptual approach. Ina
cof this literature, the Musha'a system of land use is se
reason for the backwardness of the Palestinian economy
argument being that it was an obstacle to "modernization",
private ownership of land and rendering capitalist devel
agriculture impossible (Granovsky, 1940; Kimmerling, 1983;
source of
ources for
mistakenly
t it was
finds the
lmost all
en as the
(10), the
preventing
opment of
Warriner,
1948). It is argued that the frequent redistribution of the Musha'a
land and its parcellization among the villagers' families
difficult for any large-scale machinery to be employed on
(because of the small size of each parcel). The Musha'‘a sys
also observed, presented a major obstacle to the emergence
ownership of land since, in order to sell one continuous
land, the consent of all the families involved was needed
1966; Brown, S.G :1982).
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made it
this land
tem, it is
of private
piece of
(Warriner,

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