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For better, for worse [electronic resource]

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For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns under British rule in the early twentieth century.

Title For better, for worse [electronic resource] : the marriage crisis that made modern Egypt / Hanan Kholoussy.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
Creation Date c2010
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Currency
1. The Making and Marrying of Modern Egyptians
2. The Grooming of Men
3. The Wedding of Women
4. Deterring Divorce, Modernizing Marriage
5. Mentoring Mothers, Fettering Fathers
6. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (202 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710765205171
MARC RECORDS
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