| Description |
x, 257 pages : illustrations, 2 maps ; 23cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Egypt's Rural Areas Over the Past Two Centuries: From Tarahil to the Rationalization of the International Migrant Business -- 3. Tracking Down Global Flows in the Third World Village -- 4. Kafr Al-Ishra: An Agrarian Village in the 1980s -- 5. Kafr Al-Ishra's Peasant Households: Production Sites of Labour Power for International Markets -- 6. Migration as a Strategy of the Small Peasant Household -- 7. Organizing the Household's Survival During the Migrant's Absence -- 8. After the Gulf Crisis: Revisiting Kafr Al-Ishra |
| Summary |
Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village |
| Analysis |
Egypt |
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Villages |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 238-249 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, Egyptian -- Persian Gulf Region.
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Egypt -- Rural conditions.
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| LC no. |
93001173 |
| ISBN |
0415088518 (hard) |
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0415088526 (paperback) |
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