Rural socioeconomic organization in transition
essay 1981 Hooglund, Eric J.

IranMiddle East > Middle East
This is a study of cultural change in Iran between 1962-1978, with particular reference to the BONEHS, which the author identifies as … 'peasant workteams responsible for specific sharecropped plots within landlord-owned villages' (p. 194). The major...

From the Near East to Down East
essay 1987 Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James)

Arab AmericansNorth America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Hooglund describes in this article the formation of the Arabic-speaking community in Waterville, Maine from about 1890 to 1940. The paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers the years from 1890 to 1915; the period when most of the actual immigra...

The society and its environment
book chapter 1989 Hooglund, Eric J. & Library Of Congress. Federal Research Division

IranMiddle East > Middle East
This is a succinct analysis of Iranian society up to and following the Revolution of 1979. Although a wide variety of ethnographic topics are discussed in the text, major emphasis is on the population, the environment, language, culture history, ethn...

Government and politics
book chapter 1989 Hooglund, Eric J. & Library Of Congress. Federal Research Division

IranMiddle East > Middle East
Hoogland writes about the 1980s post-revolution Iranian politics. He examines the constitutional framework, political institutions, and political events of that period. He discusses the power and role of the supreme authority of the FAQIH, the Presid...