Social Change in Syria

Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique perspective on how agrarian transformations in land distribution and its use deeply affected social and political relations among a rural community.

Autorentext

Sulayman Khalaf is a distinguished Syrian anthropologist. With a PhD from UCLA, he has published widely on Syria, Gulf Arab societies, and tribal communities. He taught at several Gulf universities and is an expert in intangible heritage. He retired in 2015 and now lives in Exeter.

Inhalt

Part 1: Introduction and context 1. The native anthropologist 2. The old order 3. The Euphrates Express: expansion of the entrepreneurial capitalist economy and the solidification of state order 4. The party/state and politics of mobilization 5. Hawi Al-Hawa village: an outline of its origin and development Part 2: History in individual lives 6. Hajj Khalaf al-Ibrahim al-Meshrif 7. Al-Mukhtar Mahmoud 8. Tieba Najm al-Khalaf 9. Doctor Najm al-Ramadan 10. Omar al-Hasan 11. Ustaz Omar al-Abdallah 12. Ustaz Comrade Hussein al-Assaf 13. Nahar al-Ibrahim Part 3: Analysis and update 14. Reconstruction of socio-historical processes at the micro level 15.Peace and war in Hawi al-Hawa