Agrindus: Integration of AGRIculture and INDUStries / Edition 1

by Haim Halperim

Overview

This is a fascinating insight into some of the most important thinking of the industrial revolution in Israel.

Technological revolution, rapid industrialization and higher levels of productivity all drew more and more people from the agricultural workforce and new ideas were needed to combat this serious loss of labour.

At the time this book was first published, Professor Halperim's had somthing new and original to offer. He argued that agriculture could be combined with industry without undermining that age-old social asset, the village community, and bring it into line with changing conditions.

As he predicted the development of areas comprising a score or more of villages, ranging around non-agriculture has been preserved, and rural society has continued to exist although it has assumed different forms. The name proposed by the author for this new formation is Agrindus, as it expresses the integration of AGRiculture and INDUStries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415381475
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/03/2005
Series:	Economic History
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

This is a fascinating insight into some of the most important thinking of the industrial revolution in Israel.

Technological revolution, rapid industrialization and higher levels of productivity all drew more and more people from the agricultural workforce and new ideas were needed to combat this serious loss of labour.

At the time this book was first published, Professor Halperim's had somthing new and original to offer. He argued that agriculture could be combined with industry without undermining that age-old social asset, the village community, and bring it into line with changing conditions.

As he predicted the development of areas comprising a score or more of villages, ranging around non-agriculture has been preserved, and rural society has continued to exist although it has assumed different forms. The name proposed by the author for this new formation is Agrindus, as it expresses the integration of AGRiculture and INDUStries.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Theme 3. Metamorphosis of an Idea 4. G'dud Ha'avoda - The Labour Corps 5. Workers' Enterprise 6. Industry in the Worker's Settlements 7. Municipalization 8. Inter-Regional Enterprise 9. Upper Galilee 10. The Jordan Valley 11. Sha'ar Hanegev 12. The Lachish District 13. Hefer Valley 14. The B'sor District 15. Other Regional Councils 16. Development Towns 17. Summary and Conclusions