Pioneers Over Jordan: The Frontiers of Settlement in Transjordan, 1850-1914

by Raouf Abujaber

In the 19th century conditions of rural life in the Middle East were revolutionized. But the traditional preoccupation in Muslim societies with urban culture means that the study of rural life has been comparatively neglected. In this book, available in paperback for the first time, Raouf Sa'd Abujaber does much to redress the balance.

He describes how cultivators, among them his own ancestors, moved eastwards into tribal lands across the Jordan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850431167
• ISBN13: 9781850431169
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.