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.)

Table of Contents

• 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