The Middle East and Central Asia : an anthropological approach / Dale F. Eickelman.
1998
GN635.N42 E39 1998 (Mapit)
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Title
The Middle East and Central Asia : an anthropological approach / Dale F. Eickelman.
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
0131230190
9780131230194
9780131230194
Published
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [1998]
Copyright
©1998
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English.
Description
xii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
GN635.N42 E39 1998
Summary
"The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Approach, Third Edition, depicts the impact of global economic and political change in the Middle East and Central Asia against pervasive social and cultural continuities. The world-wide competition for vital resources - oil, water, and land - is set alongside the struggle for political and religious authority; volatile national, ethnic, and religious identities; rising educational levels; accelerated population growth and diminishing economic opportunities; shifting gender roles; and the personal, family, and communal ties through which the people of the Middle East render their day-to-day existence more stable and predictable."--BOOK JACKET.
Note
Revised edition of: The Middle East. 2nd ed. c1989.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Eickelman, Dale F., 1942- Middle East.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction: Anthropology, the Middle East, and Central Asia
Intellectual predecessors: East and West
Part II: Location: Region, economy, and society: Village and community
Pastoral nomadism
Cities in their place
Part III; Constructed meanings: What is a tribe?
Personal and family relationships
Change in practical ideologies: self, gender, and ethnicity
The cultural order of complex societies
Part IV: Religion and experience: Islam and the "Religions of the Book"
Part V: The shape of change: State authority and society.
Intellectual predecessors: East and West
Part II: Location: Region, economy, and society: Village and community
Pastoral nomadism
Cities in their place
Part III; Constructed meanings: What is a tribe?
Personal and family relationships
Change in practical ideologies: self, gender, and ethnicity
The cultural order of complex societies
Part IV: Religion and experience: Islam and the "Religions of the Book"
Part V: The shape of change: State authority and society.