TY - BOOK AU - Abu-Lughod,J. AU - Adams,J. AU - Ammar,Η. AU - Anderson,J.N.D. AU - Armstrong,L. AU - Awad,Μ. AU - Bear,G. AU - Beck,D.F. AU - Berger,Μ. AU - Brewer,W.D. AU - Bruhns,F.C. AU - Cachia,P.J.Ε. AU - Carson,W.Μ. AU - Churchill,ChW. AU - Churchill,Charles W. AU - El Hamamsy,L.S. AU - El-Badry,Μ.Α. AU - Fuller,Α.Η. AU - Grunebaum,ChΕ.von AU - Gulick,J. AU - Halpern,Μ. AU - Hirabayashi,G.K. AU - Hourani,A.H. AU - Issawi,Ch AU - Kinch,Ε.Α. AU - Lichtenstadter,I. AU - Longrigg,S.Η. AU - Lutfiyya,A. AU - Lutfiyya,Abdulla M. AU - Lutfiyya,Α.Μ. AU - Mark,Μ. AU - Marr,P.A. AU - Morgan,Κ.W. AU - Morrison,S.A. AU - Patai,R. AU - Prothro,Ε.Τ. AU - Salem,Ε. AU - Sfeir,G. AU - Shouby,Ε. AU - Stirling,P. AU - Stoakes,F. AU - Sweet,L.Ε. AU - Tannous,A.I. AU - Tannous,Α.Ι. AU - Vidal,F.S. AU - Weightman,G.Η. AU - Yaukey,D. AU - el-Daghestani,Κ. TI - Readings in Arab Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures SN - 9789027910622 AV - DS36.8 .L85 U1 - 909/.0974927 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - Geschichte 1900 - 1970 KW - Gesellschaft KW - Naher Osten KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110815740 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110815740 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110815740/original ER -