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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Shelomo Dov Goitein; Paula Sanders; Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies. |
ISBN: | 0520221583 9780520221581 0520221591 9780520221598 0520221605 9780520221604 0520221613 9780520221611 0520221621 9780520221628 0520221648 9780520221642 |
OCLC Number: | 1065768362 |
Notes: | Vol. 6 by S.D. Goitein and Paula Sanders. "Published under the auspices of the Near Eastern Center, University of California, Los Angeles." |
Description: | volumes <1-6> illustrations, facsimiles, maps 24 cm |
Contents: | V. 1. Economic foundations -- v. 2. The community -- v. 3. The family -- v. 4. Daily life -- v. 5. The individual -- v. 6. Cumulative indices. |
Responsibility: | [by] S.D. Goitein. |
Abstract:
It is a rich, panoramic view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. The first and second volumes describe the economic foundations of the society and the institutions and social and political structures that characterized the community. The remaining material, intended for a single volume describing the particulars of the way people lived, blossomed into three volumes, devoted respectively to the family, daily life, and the individual. The divisions are arbitrary but helpful because of the wealth of information. The author refers throughout to other passages in his monumental work that amplify what is discussed in any particular section. The result is an incomparably clear and immediate impression of how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century."--Pub. desc.
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