Women in the Middle East: Past and Present

by Nikki R. Keddie

Book Overview

Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, Women in the Middle East is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of their past and rapidly changing present. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128634
• ISBN13: 9780691128634
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"