The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 268)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 268)

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6. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PEASANTRY
To understand agrarian change, it is crucial to go beyond an examination of
demographic factors and technological innovations to the more fundamental
changes in the social relations of production. In this chapter, I examine whether
and to what extent there were any changes in the social relations of production in
Arab agriculture or the extent of differentiation among the peasantry. The
examination is placed in the context of the intensification of commodity production
as the major force acting on this change. At the same time, the increase in
commodity production cannot be understood without connecting it to the impact of
government policies and Jewish European settlement. Included in the analysis are
the various adaptations of the different strata of the Arab rural population to the
new conditions. I start with a brief section on the extent of wage labor.
6.1 Wage Labor
There are no definite and systematic data on the number of Arab wage
labor during the Mandate period. The temporary and seasonal nature of a sizeable
part of Arab wage labor, especially in agriculture and public works, compounds
this problem. However, there are figures and estimates that provide a good but
rough indication of its extent and growth over time.
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