Paul Dresch here combines ethnography with history to describe the system of sedentary tribes in South Arabia--a strategically sensitive part of the world--over the past thousand years. He examines the values and traditions the tribal people bring to the contemporary world of nation-states, and discusses the relation of the major tribes to pre-modern Islamic learning, the Zaydi Imamate, ideas of contemporary statehood, and the area as a whole. Dresch's unique and provocative insights are of increasing value given the ...
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Paul Dresch here combines ethnography with history to describe the system of sedentary tribes in South Arabia--a strategically sensitive part of the world--over the past thousand years. He examines the values and traditions the tribal people bring to the contemporary world of nation-states, and discusses the relation of the major tribes to pre-modern Islamic learning, the Zaydi Imamate, ideas of contemporary statehood, and the area as a whole. Dresch's unique and provocative insights are of increasing value given the increased Western involvement with Yemen since 1989, the union of the two Yemens in 1990, and the country's first free election in 1993.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 440pp, octavo hardcover in dark blue dj. boards lightly worn but clean, binding solid and strong, interior text clean. DJ covers lightly worn but clean, no tears.
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VG-(ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, usual markings, etc. pgs clean. tight binding. dustjacket taped to cover edges; ID to lower spine; scuffs & scratches to plastic) Navy boards. book xixx, 440 pgs w/ bw illustrations, figures & maps. blue illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing & protective plastic. From a college library. Due date card has two removal stamps. A nice, tight copy. "Dr. Dresch combines ethnography with history to describe the tribal system over the least thousand years, and examines the values tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states. Drawing heavily on local histories and unpublished documents, as well as on three years filed work..."--Publisher.
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Reader copy. Ex-library, hardback with D/J and plastic jacket, usual stamps/markings. 1989 publication by Oxford University Press with 440 pages, 14 plates, 44 figures and 6 tables. In good clean condition throughout. Ready for immediate dispatch from UK. 9C*
