Women and Community in Oman Anna Neumann Monroe introduces us to people

Monroe introduces us to people hammering out survival strategies and hope in the abandoned zones of empire

and exciting - and a future that is perpetually uncertain

managers manage activities and that is what this book addresses

semiconductors

Abraham Goldberg

Women and Community in Oman Anna Neumann Monroe introduces us to peopleBefore 1970 Oman was one of teh more isolated countries on the Arab peninsula. The growth of the oil economy during the seventies, however, has brought rapid change to the small towns and villages that make up the country. In Women and Community in Oman Chritine Eickelman captures the tone and feel of this desert culture on the verge of substantial, and probably irreversible, change. During 1979 and 1980 she lived in Hamra, an oasis of 2,500 persons