| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 239 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 103 |
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East ; v. 103.
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| Contents |
List of Contributors; Introduction (Nefissa Naguib and Inger Marie Okkenhaug); Orphans and Abandoned Children in Modern Egypt (Beth Baron); A Nation of Widows and Orphans: Armenian Memories of Relief in Jerusalem (Nefi ssa Naguib); Women on a Mission! Scandinavian Welfare and the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1905-1917 (Inger Marie Okkenhaug); Building Bonny Babies -- Missionary Welfare Work in Cairo, 1920-1950 (Renate Lunde); Independent Women Missionaries in the Scottish School in Jaffa, 1918-1936: Identifying Subaltern Narratives (Michael Marten) |
| Summary |
Based on different problematic and methodological perspectives and sources, this book examines different involvements in welfare activities not only as contextualised in stable communities and nations, but also as they emerge in vulnerable states and disintegrating societies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Middle East
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Social service -- Middle East
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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Public welfare
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Social service
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Sozialhilfe
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Välfärd -- Mellanöstern.
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Middle East
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Naher Osten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Naguib, Nefissa, 1960-
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Okkenhaug, Inger Marie
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| LC no. |
2007043778 |
| ISBN |
9789047423737 |
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9047423739 |
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