December 12, 2007
Curriculum Vitae of
Elias H. Tuma
Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of California, Davis
California, 956l6
e-mail: tuma@vfr.net
Born in Kafr Yasif, Palestine, Nov. 12, 1928, married to Dorothy May and has three children, John Elias, Mary Bahji, and Rabiya Suzanne. Dropped out of school but continued education through independent study and evening classes. Earned London Matriculation in 1947; certified social worker in Israel, 1952; earned BA in sociology, University of Redlands, California, 1957 and Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1962. Worked full time from age 14, beginning as an office boy in government offices, Haifa, Palestine, then as an assistant store keeper with Kodak Company, Haifa; accounting clerk with the Iraq Petroleum Company, Haifa. Following establishment of Israel, worked as a school teacher in Kafr Yasif and Buquei'a and then as probation officer for juveniles in Western Galilee. After graduation from Berkeley, taught at San Fernando State College, CA, and in Canada at the University of Saskatchean, in Saskatoon before joining the University of California, Davis, from which he retired in 1994. Since then has become a tree farmer and continues to do woodwork and sculpture, a hobby he has practiced since the late 1970s. During his career has served as consultant for the United Nations and FAO, and for a private developer in Brazil; also served as associate dean of letters and science at UCD, and as director of UC Education Abroad in Cairo, Egypt, at which time he was a visiting professor at the American University in Cairo. Enjoy woodcarving, farming, photography, and swimming.
Books and Manuscripts:
1. 1965 Twenty-six Centuries of Agrarian Reform: A Comparative Analysis, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, pp. xi, 309.
2. 1971 Economic History and the Social Sciences. Problems of Methodology. University of California Press
3. 1971, 1979 European Economic History. Tenth Century to the Present. Harper and Row; Pacific Books
4. 1972 Peacemaking and the Immoral War. Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. Harper and Row
5. 1976 Food and Population in the Middle East, editor; Institute of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs, Washington
6. 1978 The Economic Case for Palestine. With Haim Darin-Drabkin. Croom Helm and St. Martin's Press; Hebrew edition, and Arabic Serial in Al Fajr
7. 1987 Economic and Political Change in the Middle East. Pacific Books
8. 1993 Cultural Diversity and Economic Education. With Barry Haworth. Pacific Books
9. 1993 The Economics of MiddleEast Peace. Co-editor with Stanley Fischer and Dani Rodrik. MIT Press
10. 1995 The Persistence of Economic Discrimination. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. A Comparative Analysis. Pacific Books
11. circa1975 In Love with the Enemy, or Sarah and Ismael (Unpublished)
12. Recollections of a Drop-out ( in progress)
13. The Pinaccle Option, with Ron Montana, Movie Script (pending)
14. A Man of Peace with Ron Montana, Movie Script, (pending)
15. The Great Separation, with Ron Montana, Movie Script (pending)
Articles
1..1955 "Child Rearing in an Arab Village," Magamot, vol.6, #2 pp. 130-138.
2. 1956 "Defense Council in Juvenile Court," Dapeem,< vol.4, pp. 23-24.
3. 1960 Family socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Attitudes to Authority," Child Development < vol.31, pp. 387-399, with Norman Livson
4. 1963 "The Agrarian Based Development Policy in Land Reform," Land Economics < vol. XXXIX # 3, pp. 365-73
5. 1963 " Agrarian Reform in Historical Perspective. A Comparative Study," Comparative Studies in Society and History< October, pp. 47-75; also in Spanish in Panoramas
6. 1963 Productivity and Income of Rural Labor. Farm Production in Underdeveloped Economies," International Handbook of Management, Karl E. Ettinger, ed< pp. 529-540
7. 1965 " Early Arab Econbomic Policies," Islamic Studies, IV #1< pp. 1-23
8. 1965 " Nasser's Socialism," Canadian Dimension, 2 #5< pp. 22-23
9. 1966 " Trade, Aid, and Compensation: A Multipurpose Proposal," Cahiers De L'ISRA, July< pp. 103-122, with R. E. Olley
10. 1966 " Finding Out How Land Reform Affects Development," Development Digest, IV # 3< pp. 107-116
11. 1966 " The Arabs in Israel: An Impasse," New Outlook 9 #3< pp. 39-46
12. 1969 " The Changing Middle East: Achievements and the Road Ahead Islamic Studies VII, # 2< pp. 115-133
13. 1969 " Harmony and Conflict in Agrarian Reform America Latina 12 #4< pp. 115-134
14. 1970 " Agrarian Reform and Urbanization in the Middle East Middle East Journal, Spring< pp. 163-177
15. 1971 " Agriculture and Economic Development in the Middle East Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 5 #3< pp. 1-19
16. 1974 " Land Reform and Tenure Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition< pp. 633-642
17. 1974 " New Approaches in Economic History and Related Social Sciences Roczniki Dzieiow Spolecznych I Gospoddarczych XXXV; also The Journal of European Economic History 3 #1< pp. 15-22; 169-187 respectively
18. 1974 " Agrarian Reform and Land Policy Revisited: A Review Essay Agricultural History XLVIII #4< pp. 571-395
19. 1974 " Population, Food, and Agriculture in the Arab Countries Middle East Journal 28 #4< pp. 381-395
20. 1974 " Is A Palestinian State Viable? New Outlook August-September< pp. 76-79
21. 1975 " Theories of Economic and Social Change Teorioch metod for ekonomiskoch social historia, Rolf Adamson, editor< pp. 54-75
22. 1976 " The Low Cost of Creating a Palestinian State New Outlook November< pp. 36-37, with Haim Darin-Drabkin
23. 1978 " International Interdependency andWorld Welfare The New Economics of the Less Developed Countries, Nake Kamrany, editor< pp. 251-301
24. 1979 " The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State Journal of Palestine Studies VII #3< pp. 102-124
25. 1979 " Agrarian Reform in Historical Perspective Revisited Comparative Studies in Society and History, January< pp. 3-29
26. 1979 " Strategic Resources and Viable Interdependence Middle East Journal 33 #3< pp. 269-287
27. 1979 " Agriculture and Reform in the Middle East L'Egypte Contempraine 69 #372< pp. 97-156 (Arabic)
28. 1980 " The Rich and the Poor in the Middle East Middle East Journal 34 #4< pp. 413-437
29. 1981 The Palestinians in America The Link 14 #3< pp. 1-13
30. 1981 " Back to Basics in Peacemaking in the Middle East Violence and Peace-building in the Middle East, Marian Mushkat, et al, editors< pp. 147-162
31a . 1981 Why Problems Do Not Go Away: The Case of Inflation Jounrla of Economic History XLI #1< pp. 21-28
31b. 1981 Why Problems Do Not Go Away: The Case of Inflation Journal of European Economic History 11#2< pp. 473-497
32. 1982 “Development and Underdevelopment in the Middle East L'Egypte Contemporaine LXXII #384< pp. 13-41
33. 1982 " Issues Which Have Not Been Debated in the Egyptian Economy Al Ahram Al-Iqtisadi #692< pp. 34, 43(Arabic)
34. 1982 " When Will the Industrial Revolution Come to the Middle East Al Ahram Al-Iqtisadi 697< pp. 24-25 (Arabic)
35. 1982 " Why Problems Do Not Go Away: The Arab Israeli Conflict Chro Koron, March< pp. 134-147 (Japanese)
36. 1982 " The Magic of Industrialization in the Middle East: A Comparative Evaluation L'Egypte Contemporaine LXXVII # 389-90< pp. 17-48
37. 1983 " The Mutuality of Annihilationism in the Arab Israeli Conflict International Center for Peace in the Middle East< pp. 27
38. 1983 " A New Perspective (In the MiddleEast) New Outlook, March/April< pp. 19-23
39. 1983 " The Palestinians and the Israelis: A New Framework Al Ahram Al-Iqtisadi April< pp. 42-46 (Arabic)
40. 1983 " Science, Technology and Economic Development in the Middle East L'Egypte Contemporaine LXXVI # 397< pp. 391-
41. 1984 " Territory and Resources of Israel/Palestine: Whose Are They? Can they be Shared? Legitimacy International Center for Peace in the Middle East< pp.
42. 1985 " Comparative Agricultural Development in the MiddleEAst: 1950-1980 L'Egypte Contemporaine LXXVI # 399< pp. 39-77
43. 1986 " Land Tenure Reform (Revised) Encyclopedia Britannica< pp.
44. 1987 " Neglected Aspects in Rural Development Aid Policy: Illustrations from Egypt Journal of Arab Affairs 6 #1< pp. 30-50
45. 1987 " Technology Transfer and Economic Development: Lessons of History Journal of Developing Areas 21< pp. 403-428
46. 1988 " Institutionalized Obstacles to Economic Development: The Cae of Egypt World Development 16 #10< pp.1185-1198
47. 1989 " Food, Sustainable Agriculture and Trade in the Middle East BIFAD Occasional Paper #13< pp.
48. 1989 " Economies of Israel and the Occupied Territories Economic Quarterly, January, Special Issue< pp. 593- 598 (Hebrew)
49. 1989 " Economics of Occupation in Palestine Since 1949 Economic Cooperation the Middle East, Gideon Fishelson, editor, West View Press< pp.
50.. 1989 " The Economic Impact of the Capitulations: The Middle East and Europe: A Reinterpretation Journal of European Economic History 18 #3< pp.
51. 1990 " Population Transfer and the Fate ofHuman Rights International Foundation for Alternate Development (IFDA) 78< pp.
52. 1991 " The Gulf Crisis: Still There are Ways Out of it Middle East Focus 13 #1< pp.
53. 1993 “Economics of a Palestinian State. “ A Two-State Solution in the Middle East: Prospects and Possibilities, Baruch Fischhoff, et al. Editors, Carnegie Mellon University Press<
54. 1994 “The Peace Negotiations, Economic Cooperation, and Stability in the Middle East” Beirut Review #8< pp. 3-20
55. 1995 " Islamic Chamber of Commerce.” Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, v.2< pp. 305-7
56. 1995, 2008 " Trade.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, v. 4< pp. 228-230
57. 1995 " Macroeconomics and Discrimination in Teaching American Economic Review, Proceedings< pp. 352-356
58. 1995 " Economic Cooperation and Middle East Regional Stability Practical Peacemaking in the Middle East,” Steven L. Spiegel, et. al. editors Garland Publishing, Inc< pp. 287-301
59. 1995 " Economic Discrimination in Europe: Race and Ethnicity” Fraspcio a Tempo, honoring Professor De Rosa, Societa Degli Storici Italiani, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane< pp. 667-691
60. 1995 " Suez Canal: Another Dimernsion in the European Network Journal of European Economic History, #3< pp.
61. 1996 " The Peace Process and the Palestinian Refugees United States-Third World Relations in the New World Order. “ Abbas P. Grammy et al. editors, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.<
62. 2000 " Will an Arab-Israeli Peace Bring a Trade Dividend? in Economic and Political Impediments to Middle East Peace, edited by J. W. Wright and Laura Drake, Macmillan<
63. 2000 " The Economies of the Middle East, in Understanding the Middle East, edited by Deborah Gerner, Boulder and London: Lynne Reinner.
64. 2000 " Some Introductory Observations on Poverty and Earnings Inequality in the Arab World, in Earnings Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa, edited by Wassim Shahin and Ghassan Dibeh, Greenwood Press.
Over 75 articles on social and economic issues.
\Over 200 Book Reviews
Another Viewpoint, (AVP) monthly for over 16 years; (202 issues mostly by ET), accessible on the internet at: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/tuma/avpindex.html