Tribes and power : nationalism and ethnicity in the Middle East / Edited by: Faleh A. Jabar & Hosham Dawod

By:

Jabar, Faleh A

Contributor(s):

Dawod, Hosham

Publication details: London; Saqi Books; 2003Description: 325p; ill. ; 24x17cmISBN:

9780863568046

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Summary: Tribes 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	World History	DS54-54.95 215 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1505

Tribes 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

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