The Middle East
Subtitle: an anthropological approach
By: Dale F. Eickelman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Ethnology -- Middle East.; Ethnology -- Africa, North.; Middle East -- Social life and customs.; Africa, North -- Social life and customs.
Description: The Middle East: An Anthropological Approach presents a cogent analysis of the great impact economic and political change imposes on the Middle East. Socio-political complexities inherent to this highly volatile region are thoroughly emphasized: political and religious authority; communal, national, and religious loyalties; family and personal ties shaping Middle Eastern societies and cultures. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.