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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455450503321

Autore

Weyland Petra <1954, >

Titolo

Inside the Third World village / / Petra Weyland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-138-41711-4

1-134-88008-1

1-280-32149-0

0-203-42050-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

307.76/2/0962

Soggetti

Foreign workers, Egyptian - Persian Gulf Region

Electronic books.

Egypt Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; EGYPT'S RURAL AREAS OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES: FROM TARAHIL TO THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT BUSINESS; TRACKING DOWN GLOBAL FLOWS IN THE THIRD WORLD VILLAGE; KAFR AL-ISHRA: AN AGRARIAN VILLAGE IN THE 1980's; KAFR AL-ISHRA'S PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS: PRODUCTION SITES OF LABOUR POWER FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MIGRATION AS A STRATEGY OF THE SMALL PEASANT HOUSEHOLD; ORGANIZING THE HOUSEHOLD'S SURVIVAL DURING THE MIGRANT'S ABSENCE; AFTER THE GULF CRISIS: REVISITING KAFR AL-ISHRA

Notes Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village.