- Paperback: 470 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press; Reprint edition (Feb 1 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0198277903
- ISBN-13: 978-0198277903
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.9 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
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#1,801,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #50 in Books > History > Middle East > Yemen
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`a significant contribution to the study of tribes in the Middle East ... It is an original and fascinating attempt as well to unite history with cultural interpretation. A deeply engaged and engaging work, complexly and grandly conceived and wittily written, its scholarship is also miles above sea level.' Times Literary Supplement
`For those who would like to know more about tribal life in North Yemen this book is full of interest. Dresch has been able to give a picture of a society destined to change, possibly out of recognition.' Times Higher Education Supplement
`absorbing and original study ... This is an exceptional book not merely because it contains much information about an area and a people too little studied but because one is conscious throughout of being in the company of a well-furnished mind, a high intelligence, and a fluent pen together grappling with major problems of interpretation and always lifting the discussion to new and rewarding levels of discrimination.' Anthropos
`an absorbing account of the major phases of Yemini history ... an accessible, authoritative, and important contribution to the field of Yemini studies.' Middle East Journal
`[a] detailed and interesting account.' Charles Tripp, Third World Quarterly
`This is very much a historian's review of a remarkably rich and fascinating study ... a very distinguished piece of research, lively and well-written, which will be interesting and important for anyone seriously interested in the Middle East, ancient or modern Hugh Kennedy, University of St Andrews
`A wide-ranging study of the tribes of northern Yemen ... a rich and perceptive collection, ranging from issues in Yemeni historiography to studies of the role of tribes ... Dresch's is a demanding agenda, at once wide-ranging and flexible, and, guided by Evans-Pritchard's prudence, he has set about his task with enthusiasm and much skill. He is rich in detail, charitably corrective of earlier writings on the subject.' Middle Eastern Studies
`For those who would like to know more about tribal life in North Yemen this book is full of interest. Dresch has been able to give a picture of a society destined to change, possibly out of recognition.' Times Higher Education Supplement
`absorbing and original study ... This is an exceptional book not merely because it contains much information about an area and a people too little studied but because one is conscious throughout of being in the company of a well-furnished mind, a high intelligence, and a fluent pen together grappling with major problems of interpretation and always lifting the discussion to new and rewarding levels of discrimination.' Anthropos
`an absorbing account of the major phases of Yemini history ... an accessible, authoritative, and important contribution to the field of Yemini studies.' Middle East Journal
`[a] detailed and interesting account.' Charles Tripp, Third World Quarterly
`This is very much a historian's review of a remarkably rich and fascinating study ... a very distinguished piece of research, lively and well-written, which will be interesting and important for anyone seriously interested in the Middle East, ancient or modern Hugh Kennedy, University of St Andrews
`A wide-ranging study of the tribes of northern Yemen ... a rich and perceptive collection, ranging from issues in Yemeni historiography to studies of the role of tribes ... Dresch's is a demanding agenda, at once wide-ranging and flexible, and, guided by Evans-Pritchard's prudence, he has set about his task with enthusiasm and much skill. He is rich in detail, charitably corrective of earlier writings on the subject.' Middle Eastern Studies
Book Description
Professor Dresch combines ethnography with history to describe the tribal system over the last thousand years, and examines the values the tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states. Drawing heavily on local histories and unpublished documents, as well as on three years' field work, he discusses the place of these tribes in the world around them from the tenth century to the twentieth. Beginning and ending with the means by which tribesmen define themselves, he discusses the relation of the major tribes to the area as a whole, to pre-modern Islamic learning, the Zaydi Imamate, and ideas of contemporary statehood. This book will be of interest to readers concerned with the relation of anthropology to history and also to those from other disciplines who are concerned with Arabia past and present. It offers a fresh approach to issues which arise throughout the Middle East.
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This review is from: Tribes, Government, and History in Yemen (Paperback)
This book reads like someone's college thesis. It does have alot of good anthropological observations on the tribes and insights into Yemeni tribal culture. It would be helpful to have the history section a little more organized, but it is worthwhile. Particularly helpful, if you have not any experience with Arab tribes or Yemen.
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