The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)
Contributors: Martha Mundy (Editor); Basim Musallam (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780521770576
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Social groups & communities; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Ethnic Studies - General; Ethnic Sociology; Middle East - History - 20th Century; Relocation; Social Science; History - General History; History: World; Middle East; Archaeology; Middle East - General; Bedouins--Arab countries; History / Middle East; Nomads; Arab countries; Bedouins; Economic conditions; Nomadism
First sentence: Most of the studies in this volume concern the steppe on the inner edge of the Fertile Crescent, adjoining the Arabian desert.