Proceedings of a conference held at the American University of Beirut, Feb. 1983.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Large landowners and social transformation in Egypt, 1940-1952 / Marius Deeb -- Land tenure policy in Egypt, 1952-1969, and its effects on the re-formation of the peasantry / Assem el-Dessouki -- A modern feudality? : land and labour in north Lebanon, 1858-1950 / Michael Gilsenan -- Land tenure and irrigation projects in Syria, 1948-1982 / François Métral -- The Yemeni Hijrah concept of tribal protection / Gerd-R. Puin