Scripta Hierosolymitana

The collection is based on a colloquium which was held in memory of Professor Dov Weintraub in January 1986 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The chapters are aimed at understanding some of the rural patterns of social change in Israel in a comparative perspective. In seeking insights about rural development in the modern world, the Israeli case is especially useful, because of its complex patterns of agricultural technology and organization that characterize advanced societies.