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The passing of traditional society : modernizing the Middle East

Title
The passing of traditional society : modernizing the Middle East / with the collaboration of Lucille W. Pevsner and an introduction by David Riesman.
Author
Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980.
Publication
Glencoe, Ill., Free Press [1958]

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Additional Authors
  • Pevsner, Lucille W.
  • Riesman, David, 1909-2002
Description
xiii, 466 pages diagrams, tables; 22 cm
Subject
  • Social conditions
  • Vernieuwing
  • Traditionele samenleving
  • Sociale ontwikkeling
  • Politieke ontwikkeling
  • Historia Da Asia
  • Social change > Middle East
  • Middle East > Social conditions
  • Middle East
  • Arab countries > Social conditions
  • Middle East > Social conditions > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 447-460)
Contents
pt. 1. Perspectives. The grocer and the chief : a parable -- Modernizing styles of life : a theory -- The passing of traditional society : a survey -- pt. 2. The new Turks. Turkey : from the past -- Turkey : toward the future -- pt. 3. The Arab worlds. Lebanon : two worlds in small compass -- Egypt : the vicious circle -- Syria : the lures of extremism -- Jordan : one state with two peoples -- pt. 4. On the margins. Iran : in a bipolar world -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendices : The questionnaire ; Replication of the empathy index ; The latent structure analysis.
LCCN
58006487
OCLC
  • ocm00260227
  • 260227
  • SCSB-115788
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library