Kafr El-Elow: an Egyptian Village in TransitionEstudio sociologico y antropologico de una aldea egipcia. Analisis detenido de sus principales componentes, como demografia, vivienda, vida economica, familia y organizacion de los vinculos de parentesco, influencia de las creencias religiosas islamicas, estructura local del poder, etc. A modo de conclusion, el autor se ocupa de las implicaciones previsibles del fenomeno industrializador y urbanizador en el panorama socio-Cultural descrito. |
Contents
Foreword V | 1 |
The Village Economy | 27 |
Family and Kinship Organization | 55 |
Copyright | |
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