This paper examines economic aspects of the Arab Revolt of 1936-39, which was, beyond doubt, a national Palestinian revolt. It is suggested that, while the rebels, most of whom were peasants, acted collectively for national causes, many of them also perceived personal economic and rural collective interests in participating and acted to pursue economic and national goals simultaneously. This analysis helps explain why peasants comprised the main rebel force, why many of them were “landless” and from the poorest stratum of Palestinian rural society, why militias tended to be small, why banditry became dominant in 1938, and how economic motivations fueled an internal Arab-Palestinian civil war.

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农民主导的巴勒斯坦民族起义的经济方面，1936-39年

本文研究了1936-39年阿拉伯起义的经济方面，毫无疑问，阿拉伯起义是一次全国性的巴勒斯坦起义。有人建议，虽然大多数叛乱分子都是农民，为民族事业集体行动，但其中许多人还认为个人的经济和农村集体利益参与其中，并同时追求经济和国家目标。这种分析有助于解释为什么农民是反叛力量的主要力量，为什么其中许多人是“失地”，又为什么来自巴勒斯坦农村社会最贫穷的阶层，为什么民兵规模较小，为什么在1938年土匪成为统治者，以及经济动机如何助长了反叛力量。内部阿拉伯-巴勒斯坦内战。