ISBN:
9781617975301
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 254 Seiten)
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Karten
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Bedouin, Settlers, and Holiday-Makers : Egypt’s Changing Northwest Coast
DDC:
918.109236
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The arid regions impose strict limits upon human existence and activity. And yet by respecting those limits, the flourishing and stable culture of these regions has for centuries been sustained. In the late twentieth century, however, forces such as modernization, globalization, and the politics and economics of nations became so great that major changes in the old ways had to take place for the sake of survival.Egypt's northwest coast, where meager coastal rains have supported a sparse but thriving population of Bedouin, saw the arrival of settlers from the Nile Valley, accustomed to a very
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the Electronic Edition; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Chapter 1 Deserts and Desert Development in Egypt; Chapter 2 The People of Matruh: Arab Bedouin and Sons of the NileValley; Chapter 3 The Bedouin and Outside Forces, 1798 to the 1940s; Chapter 4 Urban Growth, Sedentarization, and Local Government; Chapter 5 Change on the Range: From Nomadic Pastoralism toBedouin Ranching; Chapter 6 Barley, Figs, and Olives: The Old and New DesertAgriculture; Chapter 7 Tourism and Holiday-Making:Egypt and Marsa Matruh; Chapter 8 Desert Beachfront Development:The New Villages
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 9 Land, Law, Leaders, and IdentitiesChapter 10 Conclusions; Glossary Of Arabic Terms; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Glossar, Literaturhinweise: Seite 239-249, Register
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