Population and Society in the Arab EastRoutledge, 2013 M08 21 - 288 pages This is Volume XI of eighteen in a collection on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1964 the book is based on lectures were conceived as an introduction to the study of modem Middle Eastern history, economy, or politics; their aim was to present the main facts of population structure and the problems and trends of development of Middle Eastern Arab society. The book was written in 1958 and published in Hebrew early in 1960. |
Contents
Women and the Family | |
The Movement for the Emancipation of Women | |
Changes in Womans Position in Society and the State | |
B The Family | |
Religious and Ethnic Communities | |
Ecological Structure | |
Egypt | |
The City | |
Stratification | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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