Inside the Third World village /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weyland, Petra, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Egyptian > Persian Gulf Region.
Travailleurs étrangers égyptiens > Persique, Région du golfe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Foreign workers, Egyptian
Rural conditions
Egypt > Rural conditions.
Egypt
Persian Gulf Region
Villages
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 1980s; 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.

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