Traditional society in transition : the Yemeni Jewish experience /
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In Traditional Society in Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman offers an account of the unique circumstances of Yemeni Jewish existence in the wake of major changes since the second half of the nineteenth century. It follows this community's transition from a traditional patriarchal society to a group adjusting to the challenges of a modern society. Unlike the perception of the Yemeni Jews as receptive to modernity only following immigration to Palestine and Israel, Eraqi Klorman convincingly shows that some modern ideas played a role in their lives while in Yemen. Once in Palestine, they appear here as adjusting to the new conditions by striving to participate in the Zionist enterprise, consenting to secular education, transforming family practices and the status of women. "The book is an important contribution to the study of Yemeni Jews in Yemen and abroad as well as for Jewish-Muslim relations, relations between Yemeni Jews and other Jews, and gender studies...Many of these issues have not been previously studied, and the use of private archives and interviews greatly increases the value of this study.\' -Rachel Simon, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, November/December 2014.
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1 online resource (pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004272910 :
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Empire, Islam, and politics of difference : Ottoman rule in Yemen, 1849-1919 /
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Historians of the Middle East in the long nineteenth century have often considered empire-building the preserve of European powers. This book revises this picture by exploring how the Ottomans re-conquered and ruled large parts of present-day Yemen between 1849 and the end of World War I, after more than two centuries of independence under local dynasties. Drawing on a wide range of sources and on recent scholarship on empire and colonialism Empire, Islam, and Politics of Difference shows how the concepts and practices of Ottoman imperial rule were shaped through the encounters between Ottoman officials, their European rivals, and local communities. The result is a fresh look at the nature of governance in the late Ottoman Empire more generally.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004212084 :
1380-6076 ; :
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The Yemeni manuscript tradition /
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The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition contributes to the study of the manuscript codex and its role in scholastic culture in Yemen. Ranging in period from Islam's first century to the modern period, all the articles in this volume emerge from the close scrutiny of the manuscripts of Yemen. As a group, these studies demonstrate the range and richness of scholarly methods closely tied to the material text, and the importance of cross-pollination in the fields of codicology, textual criticism, and social and intellectual history. Contributors are: Hassan Ansari, Menashe Anzi, Asma Hilali, Kerstin Hünefeld, Wilferd Madelung, Arianna D'Ottone, Christoph Rauch, Anne Regourd, Sabine Schmidtke, Gregor Schwarb and Jan Thiele.
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1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004289765 :
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The maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra, Yemen /
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This research analyses the Socotri maritime traditions and addressing the question as to how social, environmental and technological influences have shaped the maritime traditions of the fishermen of Socotra - 205 nautical miles south of Yemen.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784914837 (ebook) :
Mathematical astronomy in medieval Yemen : a biobibliographical survey /
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"Published under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc." :
ix, 98 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80) and indexes. :
0890030987
9780890030981
0890030995
9780890030998