Research Catalog

Title

BRISMES proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies : SOAS, London 10-12 July 1991.

Author

International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies (1991 : University of London)

Publication

Exeter : British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, [c1991].

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Additional Authors

• British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
• University of London. Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies.
• University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.

Description

v, 520 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.

Subject

• Middle East > Civilization > Congresses
• Middle East > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Medina of Rabat : a changing social and urban environment / K. Azzam and S. Mouline -- In spectacular fashion : the æthetics of privilege at wedding receptions in Damascus / N. Lindisfarne-Tapper -- Islam in southern Europe : some anthropological considerations / A. Lopasic -- Higher education in the West Bank : history, structure and implications / M.M. Shami -- Stability of village territories in Transjordan / L. Wåhlin -- Some aspects of Pamirian mythology / S. Andreyev -- Men's dress in the Arabian Peninsula / B. Ingham -- The hobby horse : a cultural contact between Asia and Africa / S. Moreh -- The language of dress in the Middle East / J.M. Scarce -- Cultural links between Daghestan and the Arab world / A. Zelkina -- Links between Middle East studies and the business community : Middle East transfer and Middle East information / P.J.A. van den Akker and T.M. Kristensen -- The role of research and development institutions in technology transfer : a case study of Kuwait / S. al-Ali -- UK academic-business relations vis-à-vis the Middle East / J.A. Allan -- Liberalisation of the Moroccan economy and its social implications / M. Chatou -- Managerial inefficiency in small manufacturing businesses in Saudi Arabia : a constraint upon economic development / B. al-Hajjar and J.R. Presley -- Saudi Arabia's industrialization strategy in theory and practice / S. Koppers -- The Iranian economy under the Islamic Republic : institutional change and macroeconomic performance (1979-90) / A. Mazerei, Jr. -- Gender, Education, and employment in contemporary Iran / V.M. Moghadam -- The impact of multinational banks on developing countries' banking sector : an analysis of the recent Turkish Experience, 1980-89 / H. Pehlivan and C. Kirkpatrick -- The regional economic impact of the Gulf War / R. Wilson -- Water resources in the Middle East and North Africa : managing the deficit? / J.A. Allan -- Consequences of rapid urbanisation : a review of unauthorised urban settlements in Morocco / St. J.B. Gould -- River Nile : the umbilical cord of Egyptian society / M. Hvidt -- Irrigation and water supply systems in Islamic North Africa / G. Joffé -- Sinai--the continental bridge between Africa and Asia : recent development, plans and impact / A. Soffer -- The water resources of the Jordan catchment : management options / A. Soffer and N. Kliot -- The South-East Anatolia Project : objectives and problems of an integrated development project in Turkey / H. Toepfer.

ISBN

0728601869

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library