| Description |
1 online resource (xliii, 478 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia,
1385-3376 ;
v. 96
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 96.
1385-3376
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-468) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship--and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This fascinating microhistory, crafted from documents and oral narratives, provides a rare portrait of pre-1950 rural Yemen while showing how religiously subordinated Jewish villagers strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant Muslim majority. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Yemen, South.
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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South Yemen. |
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Jews -- Yemen, South -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Jews. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Yemen, South.
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Dhimmis (Islamic law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Dhimmis (Islamic law) |
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Yemen, South -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hollander, Isaac. Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2004059627 |
| ISBN |
9004140123 |
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9789004140127 |
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9781429427937 (electronic book) |
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1429427930 (electronic book) |
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9781433705106 (electronic book) |
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1433705109 (electronic book) |
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1280859776 |
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9781280859779 |
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