Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 189)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 189)

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of the land and involved most of the pessarts during this period
(Ameri,1977:35). What needs to be k. «: however, is the extent and
proportion of intensive farming (vegetables, fr: 3..#tc.,) which the
fallaheen in the more prosperous category, had been involved tn.
It is probable that the 1,604 fallaheen families with 120-240d. who
were able to support themselves totally from their farms were also
involved in capital intensive cultivation. A similar argument can be
made regarding the 3,873 families (category l.a), who held over 240d.
each. In this case too, the producers, one might argue, were, in
addition to cereal cultivation, engaged in intensive cultivation as
well.
Data presented above clearly demonstrate the large-scale peasant
differentiation already underway by the 1930s. Further differentiation
and class polarization will be addressed in the following analysis.
Capitalist Agriculture and Further Class Polarization:
This analysis of the class structure within rural Palestine has
concentrated on the extra-economic forces and their role in the
differentiation of the fallaheen. The expropriation of a considerable
part of the rural population from their land has mainly been viewed
in terms of the political and judicial forces operating during the
period. While the colonial state appeared to be the major role player,
the Zionist Organization or its affiliates assumed an important role
as well.
In the following discussion, it will be argued that direct economic
pressure brought on largely by the European Jewish developing economy
greatly affected the indigenous rural economy. The major force which
will be discussed here is market competition and its role in forcing
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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation

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Nahla Abdo-Zubi

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