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Third edition. |
| Description |
xii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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| Language |
Text in English. |
| Note |
Revised edition of: The Middle East. 2nd ed. c1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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Ethnology -- Middle East.
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Ethnology -- Africa, North.
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Ethnology -- Asia, Central.
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Middle East -- Social life and customs.
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Africa, North -- Social life and customs.
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Asia, Central -- Social life and customs.
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Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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North Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239515
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Central Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240497
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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| Added Author |
Eickelman, Dale F., 1942-
Middle East.
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| ISBN |
0131230190 |
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9780131230194 |
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