Commoners, climbers and notables : : a sampler of studies on social ranking in the Middle East / / edited by C. A. O. van Nieuwenhuijze.

• Superior document: Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East ; Volume 21
• TeilnehmendeR: Nieuwenhuijze, C. A. O. van 1920-2011,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : E. J. Brill,, [1977]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 1977
• Language: English
• Series: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East ; Volume 21.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- THEORY -- Patterns of Stratification in the Middle East in a Comparative Framework -- Towards a Transforming Analysis of Social Classes -- On Social Stratification and Societal Articulation -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Some Historical and Methodological Considerations Concerning Social Stratification in the Middle East -- The Ottoman Empire -- Iran, 1797-1941 -- COUNTRY STUDIES -- Jordan -- Afghanistan, 1880-1973 -- Algeria -- Egypt -- Lebanon -- South Arabia -- STUDIES ON SPECIFIC STRATA OR CLASSES -- Syria -- The Rural Elite as an Element in the Social Stratification of Morocco -- The Class Origins of Egyptian Engineer-Technocrats -- Social Backgrounds of Turkish Parliamentarians -- Refugees and Social Stratification -- SELECTED TOPICS -- Women in the Social Stratification of Afghanistan -- Social Mobility and Educational Access in Tunisia -- Class and Community in Urban Turkey -- Status Aspirations for Children in Isfahan -- Differential Fertility in Peasant Communities -- List of Contributors.