The passing of traditional society: modernizing the Middle East. With the collaboration of Lucille W. Pevsner, and an introd. by David Riesman.

By: Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980Contributor(s): Pevsner, Lucille W | Riesman, David, 1909-2002 [writer of introduction.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Glencoe, Ill., Free Press [1958] Description: xiii, 466 p. diagrs., tables. 22 cmSubject(s): Middle East -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 309.156 LOC classification: HN660.8 | .L43
Contents:
pt. 1. Perspectives. The grocer and the chief : a parable -- Modernizing styles of life : a theory -- The passing of traditional society : a survey -- pt. 2. The new Turks. Turkey : from the past -- Turkey : toward the future -- pt. 3. The Arab worlds. Lebanon : two worlds in small compass -- Egypt : the vicious circle -- Syria : the lures of extremism -- Jordan : one state with two peoples -- pt. 4. On the margins. Iran : in a bipolar world -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendices : The questionnaire ; Replication of the empathy index ; The latent structure analysis.
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 447-460)

pt. 1. Perspectives. The grocer and the chief : a parable -- Modernizing styles of life : a theory -- The passing of traditional society : a survey -- pt. 2. The new Turks. Turkey : from the past -- Turkey : toward the future -- pt. 3. The Arab worlds. Lebanon : two worlds in small compass -- Egypt : the vicious circle -- Syria : the lures of extremism -- Jordan : one state with two peoples -- pt. 4. On the margins. Iran : in a bipolar world -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendices : The questionnaire ; Replication of the empathy index ; The latent structure analysis.