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Tents and pyramids : games and ideology in Arab culture from backgammon to autocratic rule
- Title
- Tents and pyramids : games and ideology in Arab culture from backgammon to autocratic rule / Fuad I. Khuri.
- Author
- Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq.
- Publication
- London : Saqi Books, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JQ1850.A2 K487 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 168 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Since 1945
- Political culture > Arab countries
- Arabs > Psychology
- Poder > Países árabes
- Parentesco > Países árabes
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Herrschaftssystem
- Soziale Schichtung
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Verwandtschaft
- Heiratsordnung
- Autoritarismus
- Egalitarismus
- Cultuur
- Sociale structuur
- Machtsverhoudingen
- Gedragspatronen
- National characteristics, Arab
- Civilization, Arab
- Arab countries > Politics and government > 1945-
- Arab countries > Social conditions
- Arab countries
- Arabische Staaten
- Arab countries > Politics and government
- Arab countries > Social life and customs
- Pays arabes > Civilisation
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.
- Contents
- Games and ideology -- The world as family -- Family before marriage -- The trap of kinship : the etiquette of bargaining -- The manipulation of equality : the case of family associations -- Emirs and Ulama : alliances and collective action -- Endogamy : a recipe for autocratic rule.
- ISBN
- 0863563341
- 9780863563348
- LCCN
- 91184829
- OCLC
- ocm21875513
- 21875513
- SCSB-8804500
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library