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245 0 _aTribes and power
_b: nationalism and ethnicity in the Middle East
_cEdited by: Faleh A. Jabar & Hosham Dawod
260 _aLondon
_bSaqi Books
_c2003
300 _a325p
_bill.
_c24x17cm
520 _aTribes and Power provides a comprehensive understanding of the structure, functioning, and change of today's Middle Eastern tribes. In some Middle Eastern countries, tribalism has been strengthened by centralized policies, modern technology, and the market economy. This stimulating collection scrutinizes the complexities of kinship structures in Arab and Islamic cultures, and contains case studies of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia--Publisher's description
546 _aEnglish
650 _aDS36-39.2 History of Asia- Arab countries
942 _cBK
999 _c1505
_d1505