Arabian oasis city : the transformation of ʿUnayzah
著者
書誌事項
Arabian oasis city : the transformation of ʿUnayzah
(Modern Middle East series, no. 15)
University of Texas Press, 1989
1st ed
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全11件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p.[253]-260
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in Saudi Arabia since that oil boom, Arabian Oasis City is also the first to document those changes.
Based on extensive interviews and participant observation with both men and women, the authors record and analyze the transformation that has occurred in this ancient oasis city throughout the twentieth century: the creation of the present Saudi Arabian state and of a new national economy based on the export of oil and the economic boom brought about by the dramatic increases in the price of oil following the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War. In addition, the authors reveal the changes brought about by the fall in the price of oil beginning in 1982 and analyze the problems confronting 'Unayzah in its aftermath.
By demonstrating that the area was not exclusively dominated by tribalism and Bedouin nomads, this empirical case study destroys stereotypical views about Saudi Arabia. Indeed, it proves the existence-prior to the coming of the modern Saudi Arabian state- of surplus agricultural and craft production and the full development of local, regional, and long-distance trade networks. It shows that women, although veiled, played active roles in work outside the household. The social impact of change over the years is, however, profound-especially the gradual replacement of the extended family by the nuclear family, changing patterns of husband-wife relationships, the impact of self-earned income on the status of women, and the emergence of a new middle class of employees and entrepreneurs. Because of the high degree of gender segregation in this area of research, Altorki and Cole give us a fortunate collaboration between a Saudi Arabian female scholar and an American male scholar experienced in research in the Middle East.
目次
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Study and Its Setting
Part One: Political Autonomy, Domestically Organized Production, and Mercantile Trade
1. The Autonomous Amirate
2. The Old Agriculture
3. Craft Production and the Old Market
4. Caravans and Long-Distance Trade
Part Two: Provincial City within a New State and the Development of Capitalist Social Formations
5. Development of the New State and Education
6. Occupational Change and New Institutions
Part Three: Economic Boom and Transformation
7. The Economic Boom, Expatriates, and Local Development
8. The Market Today
9. The New Agriculture
10. Salaried Employment and Its Social Impact
11. Changing Patterns of Social Life
12. Analysis and Conclusion
Glossary of Arabic Terms
Bibliography
Index
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