| Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts Contributor(s): Bonner, Michael (Editor), Ener, Mine (Editor), Singer, Amy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791457370 ISBN-13: 9780791457375 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor. Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies--from the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. to the present day--have confronted poverty and the poor. By introducing new sources and presenting familiar ones with new questions, the contributors examine ideas about poverty and the poor, ideals and practices of charity, and state and private initiatives of poor relief over this extensive time span. They avoid easy generalizations about Islam and the Middle East as they seek to set the ideals and practices in comparative perspective. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity |
| Dewey: 362.509 |
| LCCN: 2002042629 |
| Series: Suny the Social and Economic History of the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies--from the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. to the present day--have confronted poverty and the poor. By introducing new sources and presenting familiar ones with new questions, the contributors examine ideas about poverty and the poor, ideals and practices of charity, and state and private initiatives of poor relief over this extensive time span. They avoid easy generalizations about Islam and the Middle East as they seek to set the ideals and practices in comparative perspective. |