The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 86)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 86)

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2. THE PREMANDATE PERIOD:
1850S TO 1914
The mid-nineteenth century marks the beginning of the economic and social
transformation of Palestine. The use of the word beginning should not imply the
absence of change before that time. Rather, it refers to the start of a process that
entailed emerging new relationships internally and with the outside world that
helped shape the subsequent social and economic transformation of Palestine during
the first half of the twentieth century. There were two important changes. First, it
was during this time period that Palestine was integrated into the world capitalist
market. Second, and perhaps more importantly, this period witnessed legal changes
in land tenure that later on, with the commoditization of land, undermined the
customary rights to land and its use. Critically, the legal changes included the right
of foreigners to own land.
This chapter presents a brief descriptive and analytical outline of the main
. trends in this process. It provides a basis for contrast with the Mandate period and
thus provides a better perspective of the latter. This allows for highlighting change
and continuity and the intertwined impact of British rule, European settlement, and
the indigenous Palestinian Arab society in shaping the new economy. Emphasis is
on changes in land tenure, demography, and the economic structure. Finally, the
nature and impact of European settlement are examined. These changes are
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Riyad Mousa

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