Women in the Middle East : past and present

Keddie, Nikki R.

Women in the Middle East : past and present Nikki R. Keddie - Princeton University Press Princeton 2007 - 389 p. : ports ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index List of illustrations - Preface - Introduction - Women in the Middle East : a history - Introduction : issues in studying Middle Eastern women`s history - Regional background and the beginnings of Islam - From pious caliphs through the dynastic caliphates - From the Turkish and Mongol invasions to 1798 - Change in the long nineteenth century 1798-1914 - 1914-45 : nationalism and women`s movements - 1945-today : new states , women`s activism , and the rise of Islamism - Conclusion

0-691-12863-4


Women - Middle East - History
Feminism - Middle East - History--HQ

HQ1726.5.K43 2007

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