Women in Iraq: Past Meets Present

by Noga Efrati

Noga Efrati outlines the first social and political history of women in Iraq during the periods of British occupation and the British-backed Hashimite monarchy (1917-1958). She traces the harsh and long-lasting implications of British state building on Iraqi women, particularly their legal and political enshrinement as second-class citizens, and the struggle by women's rights activists to counter this precedent. Efrati concludes with a discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231158149
• ISBN13: 9780231158145
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher