Arab Society: Class, Gender, Power, and Development
- ISBN-10
- 9774244044
- ISBN-13
- 9789774244049
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 583
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- American Univ in Cairo Press
- Authors
- Nicholas S. Hopkins, Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Description
This all-new edition of the classic Arab Society: Social Science Perspectives, containing thirty new articles by leading scholars, examines Arab society in the 1990s. Articles by scholars from many countries explore such subjects as Arab unity and identity; demographic processes; the roles of men, women, and family; rural social change; political developments; and religious change. For students, scholars, and general readers alike, Arab Society offers up-to-date analysis and discussion of the social, political, and economic transformations that face the region today.
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