Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Cloth avail. @ $86.50. Publisher Marketing: An international group of specialists in anthropology and history are the contributors of this group of 12 papers on different aspects of family life and law in the Middle East from the 16th century through the present. Individual topics include the adoption of monogamy by local rulers in 19th-centu Contributor Bio:  Doumani, Beshara Beshara Doumani is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.