Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATE IN THE NEAR EAST* -- A.H. Hourani RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATEIN THE NEAR EAST* -- Μ. Berger SOCIAL GROUPS: ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL -- A. Lutfiyya ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE* -- S. Η. Longrigg and F. Stoakes THE SOCIAL PATTERN* -- Κ. W. Morgan (ed.) THE LEVANT* -- G. Η. Weightman THE CIRCASSIANS* -- Α. Ι. Tannous GROUP BEHAVIOR IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON* -- H. Ammar THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY* -- Μ. Awad LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC AND SETTLED TRIBAL GROUPS* -- P. Stirling STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETY* -- D. Yaukey FERTILITY DIFFERENCES IN A MODERNIZING COUNTRY* -- M.A. El-Badry SOME ASPECTS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT* -- Section II CULTURE -- R. Patai THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA* -- F. S. Vidal DATE CULTURE IN THE OASIS OF AL-HASA* -- L. Ε. Sweet A DAY IN A PEASANT HOUSEHOLD* -- Ch. Ε. von Grunebaum RAMADÄN* -- Section III SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGE -- R. Patai THE DYNAMICS OF WESTERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST* -- S.A. Morrison ISLAM AND THE WEST* -- Ch. Issawi ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST* -- Ch. Issawi POLITICAL DISUNITY OF THE ARAB WORLD* -- A. I. Tannous SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE* -- A.I. Tannous EMIGRATION, A FORCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE* -- J. Gulick CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE IN A LEBANESE VILLAGE* -- P. A. Marr THE IRAQI VILLAGE, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE* -- J. Gulick TWO STREAMS INTO ONE* -- P. J. Ε. Cachia THE CONFLICT OF EAST AND WEST IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN LITERARY TASTE* -- E.A. Kinch LABOUR PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY* -- W. Μ. Carson THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN EGYPTIAN FACTORY* -- Μ. Berger SOCIAL BASIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS* -- Ε. Salem PROBLEMS OF ARAB POLITICAL BEHAVIOR*.

Μ. Mark ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE CHARACTER OF AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM* -- Μ. Halpern THE ARMY* -- G. Sfeir AN ARAB TRANSPLANTED* -- Section IV SOCIAL STRATIFICATION -- A. I. Tannous DILEMMA OF THE ELITE IN ARAB SOCIETY* -- F. C. Bruhns Α STUDY OF ARAB REFUGEE ATTITUDES* -- L. Armstrong and G. K. Hirabayashi SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN SELECTED LEBANESE VILLAGES* -- Section V THE FAMILY -- J. N. D. Anderson THE ISLAMIC LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE* -- Α. Μ. Lutfiyya THE FAMILY* -- A.H. Fuller THE WORLD OF KIN* -- R. Patai COUSIN-RIGHT IN MIDDLE EASTERN MARRIAGE* -- Κ. el-Daghestani THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSLEM FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES* -- D. F. Beck THE CHANGING MOSLEM FAMILY OF THE MIDDLE EAST* -- R. Patai FAMILISM AND SOCIALIZATION* -- Ε. Τ. Prothro PATTERNS IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES* -- L. S. el Hamamsy THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN* -- I. Lichtenstadter AN ARAB-EGYPTIAN FAMILY* -- Section VI URBAN LIFE -- G. Bear THE CITY* -- Ch. W. Churchill FERTILE CRESCENT CITIES* -- J. Abu-Lughod MIGRANT ADJUSTMENT TO CITY LIFE: THE EGYPTIAN CASE -- Section VII THE ROLE OF COMMUNCATION -- J. Adams COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE* -- Ε. Shouby THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARABS* -- Ε. Τ. Prothro ARAB-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN THE JUDGMENT OF WRITTEN MESSAGES* -- W. D. Brewer PATTERNS OF GESTURE AMONG THE LEVANTINE ARABS* -- INDEX.