A Social History of Women & the Family in the Middle East (Westview Series on the Social History of the Modern Middle East)
Contributors: Margaret L. Meriwether (Editor); Judith Tucker (Editor)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: November 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780813321011
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Feminism; Social history; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Middle East; History - General History; Women; Sociology; Social conditions; Middle East - General; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Women's Studies - History; History / Middle East; Social Science-Sociology - Marriage & Family; Social Science-Women's Studies - History; History; Sex role
First sentence: In the course of the nineteenth century, states and local economies in the Middle East and North Africa were increasing, if unevenly, drawn into world market networks that were largely centered in western Europe and North America.