268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this book examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village.
1 INTRODUCTION 2 EGYPT’S RURAL AREAS OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES: FROM TARAHIL TO THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT BUSINESS 3 TRACKING DOWN GLOBAL FLOWS IN THE THIRD WORLD VILLAGE 4 KAFR AL-‘ISHRA: AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN THE 1980s 5 KAFR AL-‘ISHRA’S PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS: PRODUCTION SITES OF LABOUR POWER FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS 6 MIGRATION AS A STRATEGY OF THE SMALL PEASANT HOUSEHOLD 7 ORGANIZING THE HOUSEHOLD’S SURVIVAL DURING THE MIGRANT’S ABSENCE 8 AFTER THE GULF CRISIS: REVISITING KAFR AL-‘ISHRA
Biography
Petra Weyland is a researcher at the Orient Institute of the German Oriental Society based in Istanbul.
