Constructing Boundaries is the latest entry in a growing body of revisionistscholarship on the history and political economy of Palestine under the British, contesting theonce cherished notion that the Jewish and Palestinian communities of Palestine/Israel werebest investigated and understood as isolated and autonomously developing entities. By focusingon one urban setting—Haifa, which during the Mandate period become Palestine'smost important port and industrial center—this work provides new insight into how theindustrial economy of Palestine shaped, and in turn was shaped by, the conflictual interaction ofthe two communities.