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Author:

Clark, Janine A.

Title:

Islam, charity, and activism : middle-class networks and social welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen / Janine A. Clark.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xvii, 236 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Social institutions--Egypt.
Social institutions--Jordan.
Social institutions--Yemen.
Charities--Egypt.
Charities--Jordan.
Charities--Yemen.
Middle class--Egypt.
Middle class--Jordan.
Middle class--Yemen.
Islam--Charities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Islamic social institutions, social movement theory, and the middle classes -- Islamic medical clinics in Cairo : the operational imperatives of ISIs and the role of middle-class networks -- The Islamic center charity society in Jordan : the benefits to the middle class -- The islah charitable society in Yemen : women's social networks, charity, and dawa -- The significance of being middle class.

Series:

Indiana series in Middle East studies

ISBN:

9780253216267 (pbk.)
0253216265 (pbk.)
9780253343062
0253343062

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52086027

LCCN:

2003008461

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)