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Inside the Third World village / Petra Weyland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weyland, Petra, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers, Egyptian--Persian Gulf Region.
- Foreign workers, Egyptian.
- Egypt--Rural conditions.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-88007-3
- 1-138-41711-4
- 1-134-88008-1
- 1-280-32149-0
- 0-203-42050-0
- 9780203420508
- OCLC:
- 647380769
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