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Article: Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948.
- Article from:
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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by Zachary Lockman. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xvi + 440. 48.00 [pounds sterling]/US$60.00 (hardback); 19.99 [pounds sterling]/$25.00 (paperback).
In his study to prove the `relational paradigm' (p.8) in the `shaping in crucial ways' (p.2) of the Zionist movement and Jewish society in Palestine by their interactions with the Arabs, Zachary Lockman produced a book which begs for qualifiers. Applying the relational model, Lockman sets aside the `dual society' paradigm of Arab and Jewish societies operating independently of each other. Instead, he swings the pendulum in the opposite direction, well past the `jointly but ...