| Description |
1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; EGYPT'S RURAL AREAS OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES: FROM TARAHIL TO THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT BUSINESS; TRACKING DOWN GLOBAL FLOWS IN THE THIRD WORLD VILLAGE; KAFR AL-ISHRA: AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN THE 1980s; KAFR AL-ISHRA'S PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS: PRODUCTION SITES OF LABOUR POWER FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MIGRATION AS A STRATEGY OF THE SMALL PEASANT HOUSEHOLD; ORGANIZING THE HOUSEHOLD'S SURVIVAL DURING THE MIGRANT'S ABSENCE; 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 |
Villages |
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Egypt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-249) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, Egyptian -- Persian Gulf Region
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Foreign workers, Egyptian
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Rural conditions
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Egypt -- Rural conditions
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Egypt
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Persian Gulf Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93001173 |
| ISBN |
0203306740 |
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9780203306741 |
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0203420500 |
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9780203420508 |
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0203728742 |
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9780203728741 |
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1280321490 |
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9781280321498 |
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9786610321490 |
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6610321493 |
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9780415088527 |
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0415088526 |
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9780415088510 |
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0415088518 |
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