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Yemen / Steven C. Caton, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Middle East in focus series
- Middle East in focus
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yemen (Republic).
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Geography / Charles Schmiti Schmiti, Charles 1
- The Land 1
- Geology and Topography 4
- Climate 6
- Temperature 6
- Moisture 6
- Ecological Adaptations 8
- Highland and Lowland Agriculture 9
- Crops and Their Geography 12
- Resources 14
- Groundwater 14
- Groundwater and Qat 15
- National Food Security 16
- Emigration 17
- Immigration 17
- Ethnic Groups 18
- Tribes 18
- Other Groups 19
- Three Facets of Yemen's Population: Size, Dynamics, and Urban-Rural Divide 19
- What Is Yemen? 24
- Who Are Yemenis? 25
- 2 History / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 29
- Chronology 29
- Prehistoric 29
- Ancient 29
- Medieval Period 30
- Modern Period 31
- Prehistory 32
- The Ancient Kingdoms 34
- The Sabaeans 34
- The Himyarites 45
- The Coming of Islam 48
- The Medieval Kingdoms 49
- The Ziyadid Dynasty (820-1018 CE) 49
- The Sulayhid Dynasty (1047-1138 CE) 50
- The Rasulid Dynasty (1228-1454) 52
- The Tahirid Dynasty (1455-1547) 55
- The Zaydi Imamate (911-1962) 60
- The Modern Period 64
- The British Protectorate in Aden, the Second Ottoman Occupation of Yemen, and the Rise of the Hamid al-Din Imams 65
- The Yemeni Civil War (1962-1970) and British Withdrawal from Aden (1967) 70
- YAR and PDRY (1970-1990) 70
- Development and Growth in the YAR (1980-1990): Agriculture, Oil, and Gas 73
- Unification (1990) 77
- Terrorist Attacks 84
- 3 Politics and Government / Stacey Philbrick Yadav Yadav, Stacey Philbrick, Ali Saif Hassan Hassan, Ali Saif 89
- Political Legacies from Yemen's History 91
- Two States, Two Regimes: North and South Yemen 91
- Road to Unification 94
- The Republic of Yemen 96
- The Unity Constitution 96
- Political Parties and Political Pluralism 97
- The Executive Branch 98
- The Legislative Branch 100
- The Judicial Branch 101
- Local Government and the Devolution of Authority 103
- Civil-Military Relations 103
- Yemen's Foreign Policy 104
- State-Society Relations 106
- Civil Society and Associational Life 106
- Religion and Politics 107
- The Roles of Women in Politics 109
- Conclusion 111
- 4 The Economy / Charles Schmitz Schmitz, Charles 113
- Yemen's Economy in Historical Perspective 114
- The Political Economy of Agriculture 114
- Rural Markets 115
- Modern Urban Markets 117
- Republican Government and Economic Transformation 118
- Socialist Government and Economic Transformation 120
- United Yemen (Republic of Yemen) and Its Economic Challenges 120
- Contemporary Issues in the Yemeni Economy 121
- Corruption, Politics, and the Economy 122
- Economically Exploitable Natural Resources 123
- Oil and Gas 123
- Mining 125
- Port of Aden 125
- Fishing 125
- Industry 126
- Agriculture 126
- Arabic Land Scarcity 127
- Food Security 128
- Crops 128
- Manufacturing 130
- Labor 131
- Sectoral Distribution 131
- Emigration 133
- Unions 135
- Trade and Finance 136
- Trade Patterns 136
- Finance 137
- Measuring Yemen's Poverty and Placing It in Context 138
- 5 Society 141
- Religion and Thought / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 141
- Shafi'i (Sunni) Islam 143
- Zaydi Islam 147
- Ismaili Islam 149
- Sufism 153
- Yemenite Jewry / Asher Orkaby Orkaby, Asher 156
- Elaborate Myths of Origin 157
- Early History as Merchants of the Indian Ocean Trade 157
- Transition from Trade to Artisanry 159
- Religious and Social Life 160
- A Messianic Community 161
- The Jewish Artisan and the Muslim Farmer 162
- Exodus of Yemenite Jewry and Operation Magic Carpet 163
- Social Groups and Ethnicity / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 165
- The Tribes 165
- What Is a Tribe? 165
- Who Is a Tribesman? 168
- Tribal Confederations 170
- Tribal Dispute Mediation 171
- The Role and Power of Tribal Sheikhs 176
- The Saadah 177
- The Judges (Qudhaa') 182
- Servant Groups 182
- Khaddaam 183
- Akhdam 184
- Marriage, Family Life, and Women / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 187
- Marriage 187
- The Family Household 190
- The House 191
- The Neighborhood 193
- Weddings 194
- Religious Festivals or 'Ids 195
- Concepts of Gender and Sexuality 195
- Honor and Sexual Modesty 196
- The Female in the Family 198
- Homosociality 199
- Changes Affecting Women since the 1960s 199
- Education / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 202
- Traditional Education in Yemen 202
- Modern Education 204
- Problems and Challenges Facing Modern Education 205
- Possibilities and Limits of Educational Reform 207
- 6 Culture 211
- Arabic Language / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 213
- Classical Arabic, Modern Standardized, Arabic, and Dialect Arabic 214
- South Arabic 216
- The Dialect of Yemeni Arabic 217
- Etiquette / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 218
- Greetings 218
- Conversation 221
- Hospitality toward the Stranger and Guest 222
- Meals 222
- The Qat Chew 224
- Gift Giving 227
- Bargaining 228
- Friendship and Hand-Holding in Public 228
- Challenging Someone in Public 229
- Literature 230
- Classical Poetry and Prose: From Ancient Times until the Present / Mohammed Sharafuddin Sharafuddin, Mohammed 230
- Classical Poetry 230
- First Period: 500-750 CE 231
- Second Period: 751-1837 CE 234
- Third Period: 1838 until the Present 236
- Humayni Dialect Poetry / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 238
- Tribal Oral Poetry / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 240
- Poetry 240
- Tribal Poetry in the 2011 Yemeni "Arab Spring," 246
- Non-Arabic Poetry / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 247
- Yemeni Fiction and Theater / Katherine Hennessey Hennessey, Katherine 247
- Yemeni Fiction 247
- Theater in Yemen 250
- Dance / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 255
- Food / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 256
- Yemeni Architecture / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 259
- Popular Culture / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 265
- 7 Contemporary Issues 269
- Political Conflicts / Stacey Philbrick Yadav Yadav, Stacey Philbrick 270
- The Houthi Conflict (2004-Present) 270
- The Southern Movement (2007-Present) 272
- The Rise of AQAP (2009-Present) 273
- The "Change Revolution" (2011-Present) / Stacey Philbrick Yadav Yadav, Stacey Philbrick 276
- Yemenis in Guantanamo Bay / Charles Schmitz Schmitz, Charles 280
- Water Crisis / Steven C. Caton Caton, Steven C. 284
- History of Sustainable Water Use in Yemen 284
- The Impacts 285
- New or Additional Water Sources? 285
- Internal Migration? 285
- Rural-Urban Transfers 286
- Water Markets 286
- Shifting Crop Production 287
- National Administrative Reform 288
- National Water Law 290
- Reeducating Yemen's Civil Engineers 291.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781598849271
- 1598849271
- 9781598849288
- 159884928X
- OCLC:
- 798617190
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