Readings in Arab Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures / / ed. by Abdulla M. Lutfiyya, Charles W. Churchill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Classics and Near East Studies <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Abu-Lughod, J.,; Adams, J.,; Ammar, Η.,; Anderson, J. N. D.,; Armstrong, L.,; Awad, Μ.,; Bear, G.,; Beck, D. F.,; Berger, Μ.,; Brewer, W. D.,; Bruhns, F. C.,; Cachia, P. J. Ε.,; Carson, W. Μ.,; Churchill, Ch. W.,; El Hamamsy, L. S.,; El-Badry, Μ. Α.,; Fuller, Α. Η.,; Grunebaum, Ch. Ε. von,; Gulick, J.,; Halpern, Μ.,; Hirabayashi, G. K.,; Hourani, A.H.,; Issawi, Ch.,; Kinch, Ε. Α.,; Lichtenstadter, I.,; Longrigg, S. Η.,; Lutfiyya, A.,; Lutfiyya, Α. Μ.,; Mark, Μ.,; Marr, P. A.,; Morgan, Κ. W.,; Morrison, S. A.,; Patai, R.,; Prothro, Ε. Τ.,; Salem, Ε.,; Sfeir, G.,; Shouby, Ε.,; Stirling, P.,; Stoakes, F.,; Sweet, L. Ε.,; Tannous, A. I.,; Tannous, Α. Ι.,; Vidal, F. S.,; Weightman, G. Η.,; Yaukey, D.,; el-Daghestani, Κ.,
• HerausgeberIn: Churchill, Charles W.,; Lutfiyya, Abdulla M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (733 p.)
• Other title: i-vi --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Contents --; Section I: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION --; RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATE IN THE NEAR EAST --; SOCIAL GROUPS: ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL --; ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE --; THE SOCIAL PATTERN --; THE LEVANT --; THE CIRCASSIANS --; GROUP BEHAVIOR IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON --; THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY --; LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC AND SETTLED TRIBAL GROUPS --; STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETY --; FERTILITY DIFFERENCES IN A MODERNIZING COUNTRY --; SOME ASPECTS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT --; Section II: CULTURE --; THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA --; DATE CULTURE IN THE OASIS OF AL-HASA --; A DAY IN A PEASANT HOUSEHOLD --; RAMADÂN --; Section III: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGE --; THE DYNAMICS OF WESTERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST --; ISLAM AND THE WEST --; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST --; POLITICAL DISUNITY OF THE ARAB WORLD --; SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE --; EMIGRATION, A FORCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE --; CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE IN A LEBANESE VILLAGE --; THE IRAQI VILLAGE, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE --; TWO STREAMS INTO ONE --; THE CONFLICT OF EAST AND WEST IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN LITERARY TASTE --; LABOUR PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY --; THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN EGYPTIAN FACTORY --; SOCIAL BASIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS --; PROBLEMS OF ARAB POLITICAL BEHAVIOR --; ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE CHARACTER OF AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM --; THE ARMY --; AN ARAB TRANSPLANTED --; Section IV: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION --; DILEMMA OF THE ELITE IN ARAB SOCIETY --; Α STUDY OF ARAB REFUGEE ATTITUDES --; SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN SELECTED LEBANESE VILLAGES --; Section V: THE FAMILY --; THE ISLAMIC LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE --; THE FAMILY --; THE WORLD OF KIN --; COUSIN-RIGHT IN MIDDLE EASTERN MARRIAGE --; THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSLEM FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES --; THE CHANGING MOSLEM FAMILY OF THE MIDDLE EAST --; FAMILISM AND SOCIALIZATION --; PATTERNS IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES --; THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN --; AN ARAB-EGYPTIAN FAMILY --; Section VI: URBAN LIFE --; THE CITY --; FERTILE CRESCENT CITIES --; MIGRANT ADJUSTMENT TO CITY LIFE: THE EGYPTIAN CASE --; Section VII: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION --; COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE --; THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARABS --; ARAB-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN THE JUDGMENT OF WRITTEN MESSAGES --; PATTERNS OF GESTURE AMONG THE LEVANTINE ARABS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110815740; 9783110635997
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110815740
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Abdulla M. Lutfiyya, Charles W. Churchill.