Readings in Arab Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION -- RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATE IN THE NEAR EAST / Hourani, A.H. -- SOCIAL GROUPS: ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL / Berger, . -- ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE / Lutfiyya, A. -- THE SOCIAL PATTERN / Longrigg, S. . / Stoakes, F. -- THE LEVANT / Morgan, . W. -- THE CIRCASSIANS / Weightman, G. . -- GROUP BEHAVIOR IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON / Tannous, . . -- THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY / Ammar, . -- LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC AND SETTLED TRIBAL GROUPS / Awad, . -- STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETY / Stirling, P. -- FERTILITY DIFFERENCES IN A MODERNIZING COUNTRY / Yaukey, D. -- SOME ASPECTS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT / El-Badry, . . -- Section II: CULTURE -- THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA / Patai, R. -- DATE CULTURE IN THE OASIS OF AL-HASA / Vidal, F. S. -- A DAY IN A PEASANT HOUSEHOLD / Sweet, L. . -- RAMADÂN / Grunebaum, Ch. . von -- Section III: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGE -- THE DYNAMICS OF WESTERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST / Patai, R. -- ISLAM AND THE WEST / Morrison, S. A. -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST / Issawi, Ch. -- POLITICAL DISUNITY OF THE ARAB WORLD / Issawi, Ch. -- SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE / Tannous, A. I. -- EMIGRATION, A FORCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE / Tannous, A. I. -- CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE IN A LEBANESE VILLAGE / Gulick, J. -- THE IRAQI VILLAGE, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE / Marr, P. A. -- TWO STREAMS INTO ONE / Gulick, J. -- THE CONFLICT OF EAST AND WEST IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN LITERARY TASTE / Cachia, P. J. . -- LABOUR PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY / Kinch, . . -- THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN EGYPTIAN FACTORY / Carson, W. . -- SOCIAL BASIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS / Berger, . -- PROBLEMS OF ARAB POLITICAL BEHAVIOR / Salem, . -- ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE CHARACTER OF AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM / Mark, . -- THE ARMY / Halpern, . -- AN ARAB TRANSPLANTED / Sfeir, G. -- Section IV: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION -- DILEMMA OF THE ELITE IN ARAB SOCIETY / Tannous, A. I. -- STUDY OF ARAB REFUGEE ATTITUDES / Bruhns, F. C. -- SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN SELECTED LEBANESE VILLAGES / Armstrong, L. / Hirabayashi, G. K. -- Section V: THE FAMILY -- THE ISLAMIC LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE / Anderson, J. N. D. -- THE FAMILY / Lutfiyya, . . -- THE WORLD OF KIN / Fuller, . . -- COUSIN-RIGHT IN MIDDLE EASTERN MARRIAGE / Patai, R. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSLEM FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES / el-Daghestani, . -- THE CHANGING MOSLEM FAMILY OF THE MIDDLE EAST / Beck, D. F. -- FAMILISM AND SOCIALIZATION / Patai, R. -- PATTERNS IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES / Prothro, . . -- THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN / El Hamamsy, L. S. -- AN ARAB-EGYPTIAN FAMILY / Lichtenstadter, I. -- Section VI: URBAN LIFE -- THE CITY / Bear, G. -- FERTILE CRESCENT CITIES / Churchill, Ch. W. -- MIGRANT ADJUSTMENT TO CITY LIFE: THE EGYPTIAN CASE / Abu-Lughod, J. -- Section VII: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION -- COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE / Adams, J. -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARABS / Shouby, . -- ARAB-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN THE JUDGMENT OF WRITTEN MESSAGES / Prothro, . . -- PATTERNS OF GESTURE AMONG THE LEVANTINE ARABS / Brewer, W. D. -- INDEX