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Arabian Oasis City

The Transformation of 'Unayzah

By: Soraya Altorki,Donald P. Cole

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Arabian Oasis City

The Transformation of 'Unayzah

By: Soraya Altorki,Donald P. Cole

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.

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University of Texas Press

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0292757298

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9780292757295

Bedouin, Settlers, and Holiday-Makers

Egypt's Changing Northwest Coast

By: Donald P. Cole,Soraya Altorki

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Bedouin, Settlers, and Holiday-Makers

Egypt's Changing Northwest Coast

By: Donald P. Cole,Soraya Altorki

The arid regions impose strict limits upon human existence and activity. And yet by respecting those limits, the flourishing and stable culture of these regions has for centuries been sustained. In the late twentieth century, however, forces such as modernization, globalization, and the politics and economics of nations became so great that major changes in the old ways had to take place for the sake of survival. Egypt's northwest coast, where meager coastal rains have supported a sparse but thriving population of Bedouin, saw the arrival of settlers from the Nile Valley, accustomed to a very different way of life and production, and hordes of tourists whose "empty, silent structures" effectively turned the most productive strip of the coastal range into an artificial desert. This study documents the great accommodations that took place to ensure the arid rangelands of the northwest coast continue to be viable for the demands of human existence imposed on them. "A main thesis of this study," the authors write, "is that change in the northwest coast of Egypt has strong parallels in other arid regions of the wider Arab world; and specific comparisons are made to change underway elsewhere-especially regarding the transformation of Arab nomadic pastoralist production to a new form of ranching, and the related changes of sedentarization and the monetization of most aspects of livelihood.

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American University in Cairo Press

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1617973610

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9781617973611

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Examining Research on How People Engage with Information

By: Lisa M. Given,Donald O. Case,Rebekah Willson

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Examining Research on How People Engage with Information

By: Lisa M. Given,Donald O. Case,Rebekah Willson

This fifth edition is redesigned to reflect the breadth of research across information behaviour studies, with a new streamlined, six-chapter structure, presenting a refreshed look at information needs and seeking practices, while also embracing contemporary concepts such as information use, creation, and embodiment.

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376

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1803824239

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9781803824239

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Donald M. Borchert

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Encyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Donald M. Borchert

This volume, covering entries from "Masaryk, Tomas Garrigue" to "Nussbaum, Martha," presents articles on Eastern and Western philosophies, medical and scientific ethics, the Holocaust, terrorism, censorship, biographical entries, and much more.

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696

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Thomson Gale/MacMillan Reference USA

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0028657861

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9780028657868

Memory

By: Donald E. Westlake

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Memory

By: Donald E. Westlake

THE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE – THE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds – and a bleak fate if he fails… This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1781161046

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9781781161043

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A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior

By: Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given

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A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior

By: Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given

The 4th edition of this popular text presents a comprehensive review of over a century of research on information behavior. It is intended for students in information studies and disciplines interested in research on information activities. Now co-authored, this new text includes significant structural and content changes from earlier editions.

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524

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Emerald Group Publishing

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178560967X

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Radiation Effects and Soft Errors in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Devices

By: Ronald Donald Schrimpf,Dan M. Fleetwood

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Radiation Effects and Soft Errors in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Devices

By: Ronald Donald Schrimpf,Dan M. Fleetwood

This book provides a detailed treatment of radiation effects in electronic devices, including effects at the material, device, and circuit levels. The emphasis is on transient effects caused by single ionizing particles (single-event effects and soft errors) and effects produced by the cumulative energy deposited by the radiation (total ionizing dose effects). Bipolar (Si and SiGe), metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS), and compound semi-conductor technologies are discussed. In addition to considering the specific issues associated with high-performance devices and technologies, the book includes the background material necessary for understanding radiation effects at a more general level.

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World Scientific

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9812389407

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9789812389404

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