The Bedouins and the desert aspects of nomadic life in the Arab East / Jibrail S. Jabbur ; translated from the Arabic by Lawrence I. Conrad ; edited by Suhayl J. Jabbur and Lawrence I. Conrad
| Author(s): | Jabbūr, Jibrāʼīl Sulaymān |
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| Subjects: | Arab countries--Social life and customs Electronic books Bedouins |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English, Arabic (translated from) |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995 |
| Series: | SUNY series in Near Eastern studies |
| LC Classification: | D, DS |
| Table of Contents: | List of Illustrations List of Tables Translator's Note Preface Introduction 1 I. The Desert Homeland 43 II. Trees and Plants of the Desert 64 III. Carnivorous Desert Animals 82 IV. Herbivorous Desert Animals 96 V. Desert Birds 120 VI. Desert Reptiles and Insects 146 VII. Domesticated Animals in the Desert 154 VIII. The Camel 191 IX. The Bedouin's Tent 241 X. The Arab Bedouin and His Tribes 259 XI. The Tribal Order 286 XII. The Bedouin Character 307 XIII. Bedouin Appearance, Dress, and Adornment 327 XIV. Raiding and the Brother-Right 348 XV. The Bedouins and the Hunt 357 XVI. The Bedouins and Religion 375 XVII. Education and Cultural Life 391 XVIII. Nomads of the Nomads: the Slayb 421 XIX. The History of the Bedouins in Northern Arabia 474 XX. The Transformation of Bedouin Life 524 Appendix I. Egyptian Archival Documents 541 Appendix II. British Foreign Office Documents 552 Appendix III. Plants and Shrubs in Arab Desert Lands 623 Bibliography of Works Cited 643 Index 655 |
| Alternate Title(s): | Badw wa-al-bādiyah. |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 95031533 (OCoLC)32819668 |
| Additional Authors: | Jabbūr, Suhayl Jibrāʼīl, 1931- Conrad, Lawrence I., 1949- NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 95031533 ISBN: 0585046077 (electronic bk.) ISBN: 0791428516 Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-653) and index Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xxix, 670 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 42854977 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585046077 0791428516 |