1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455671703321

Autore

Bagchi Ann D (Ann Dalton)

Titolo

Making connections [[electronic resource] ] : a study of networking among immigrant professionals / / Ann D. Bagchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly, 2001

ISBN

1-931202-94-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

The new Americans

Disciplina

305.53/08691

Soggetti

Foreign workers - United States

Professional employees - Social networks - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Social networks and immigrant professionals -- The conceptualization of migrant networks -- Legislative and demographic impacts on network usage -- The network ties of Indian and Filipino immigrant professionals -- Pilot study of immigrant professionals in New York -- Findings from the study of immigrant professional networking.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811996503321

Autore

Miura Tōru <1953->

Titolo

Dynamism in the urban society of Damascus : the Ṣāliḥiyya Quarter from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries / / by Toru Miura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Leiden : , : Brill, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

90-04-30443-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Islamic area studies ; ; volume 2

Disciplina

953.91/44

Soggetti

Ṣāliḥīyah (Syria) History

Damascus (Syria) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Towards a new perspective of Islamic urban societies from a suburban quarter of Damascus -- 1. Madrasas and waqfs in Damascus: the basis of urban development -- 2. Formation of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter in the northern suburbs in the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods -- 3. The structure and transformation of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter -- 4. Administrative networks in the late Mamluk period: taxation and bribery -- 5. Urban society in Damascus at the end of the Mamluk period: emergence of jama?a (factions) and zu?r (outlaws) -- 6. Ambiguous relations between religious institutions and waqf properties at the beginning of Ottoman rule -- 7. Personal networks surrounding the Ṣāliḥiyya court in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- 8. Formality and reality in shari?a court records: socio-economic relations in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter in the nineteenth century -- 9. Changes in waqf institutions and the internal organisation of the quarter at the beginning of the twentieth century -- Conclusion: Dynamism of personal networks and social justice.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of



historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.