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Tents and pyramids : games and ideology in Arab culture from backgammon to autocratic rule

Title
  1. Tents and pyramids : games and ideology in Arab culture from backgammon to autocratic rule / Fuad I. Khuri.
Published by
  1. London : Saqi Books, 1990.
Author
  1. Khūrī, Fuʼād Isḥāq.

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Description
  1. 168 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  1. Since 1945
  2. Political culture > Arab countries
  3. Arabs > Psychology
  4. Poder > Países árabes
  5. Parentesco > Países árabes
  6. Political culture
  7. Politics and government
  8. Social conditions
  9. Herrschaftssystem
  10. Soziale Schichtung
  11. Soziale Ungleichheit
  12. Verwandtschaft
  13. Heiratsordnung
  14. Autoritarismus
  15. Egalitarismus
  16. Cultuur
  17. Sociale structuur
  18. Machtsverhoudingen
  19. Gedragspatronen
  20. National characteristics, Arab
  21. Civilization, Arab
  22. Arab countries > Politics and government > 1945-
  23. Arab countries > Social conditions
  24. Arab countries
  25. Arabische Staaten
  26. Arab countries > Politics and government
  27. Arab countries > Social life and customs
  28. Pays arabes > Civilisation
Contents
  1. Games and ideology -- The world as family -- Family before marriage -- The trap of kinship : the etiquette of bargaining -- The manipulation of equality : the case of family associations -- Emirs and Ulama : alliances and collective action -- Endogamy : a recipe for autocratic rule.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.