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

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Superior document:Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East ; Volume 21
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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)
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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.