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Author Abu-Rabia, Aref, author.

Title A Bedouin century : education and development among the Negev tribes in the 20th century / ʻAref Abu- Rabiʻah
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 190 pages)
Contents Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Ottoman Education; Chapter 3: Bedouin under British Mandate; Chapter 4: Education during the British Mandate; Chapter 5: Negev Bedouin Education: 1948-1998; Chapter 6: Negev Clans and Tribes: Sheikhs and Notables; Chapter 7: Bedouin Education in Arab Countries; References; Index
Summary The Bedouin in the Negev region have undergone a remarkable change of life style in the course of the 20th century: within a few generations they changed from being nomads to an almost sedentary and highly educated population. The author, who is a Bedouin himself and has worked in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture as Superintendent of the Bedouin Educational Schools in the Negev for many years, offers the first in-depth study of the development of Bedouin society, using the educational system as his focus
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Bedouins -- Education -- Israel -- Negev -- History -- 20th century
Education -- Israel -- Negev -- History -- 20th century
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
Education
Social conditions
SUBJECT Negev (Israel) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Israel -- Negev
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001043958
ISBN 9781782387480
178238748X