Book
Arab border-villages in Israel: a study of community and change in a social organization
Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Humanities Press • Manchester • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Cohen, Abner.
Abstract
This monograph is a study of social process in which men and women react in terms of traditional allegiances, customs, and values, to cataclysmic changes in their environment. Change in process and purpose is displayed through continuity of social formations and culture. The book is a highly sociological study, but is illuminated throughout by detailed analysis of actual events, and by the roles of certain outstanding men in the society. The author's field work was carried out primarily in the village of Bint el-Hudud, and secondarily in the village of Djaldjulya during 1958-1959, although other Arab villages along the Israel-Jordan border were visited regularly. Since the principal aim of this study is to discuss institutional interconnections, Bint el-Hudud was chosen as a representative example of the other villages in the region sharing the same culture and general history and are similarly affected by the economic and political factors inherent in the border situation (p.176). In general, this work emerges as a study of general social problems, both in small communities and in general politics (p.vii).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field Date
- August 1958-November 1959
- Coverage Date
- 1948-1959
- Coverage Place
- Israel
- Notes
- Abner Cohen ; foreword by Max Gluckman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index
- LCCN
- 74182657
- LCSH
- Palestinian Arabs