The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Yemen Chronicle

Paperback • 2005 • English • 1. edition

Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation

By Steven C. Caton

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous local conflict and tribal hostilities simmered for months. Yemen Chronicle is his extraordinary report both on events that ensued and on the many theoretical--let alone practical--difficulties of doing ethnography in such circumstances. Caton also o...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780809098828

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Published year

2005

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Yemen Chronicle

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Pinelandia An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire

Pinelandia An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire

Nomi Stone

The monk of Mokha

The monk of Mokha

Dave Eggers

Arabia

Arabia

Levison Wood

Arabs

Arabs

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

The arabs

The arabs

Eugene Rogan

Mediterranean

Mediterranean

Bhakti Shringarpure

The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine

The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine

Salim Tamari

Violence and Islam

Violence and Islam

Adonis

Veiled Sentiments

Veiled Sentiments

Lila Abu-Lughod

Syria

Syria

John McHugo

Why Yemen Matters

Why Yemen Matters

Sex and the Citadel

Sex and the Citadel

Shereen El-Feki

Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa

Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa

Sherine Hafez

A New Anthropology of Islam

A New Anthropology of Islam

John R. Aarons

Resonance: Beyond the Words

Resonance: Beyond the Words

Unni Wikan

Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History and Society

Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History and Society

Ioan Lewis

A Companion to the History of the Middle East

A Companion to the History of the Middle East

Youssef Zemhoute

Modern Arabic Short Stories A Bilingual Reader

Modern Arabic Short Stories A Bilingual Reader

Ronak Husni

Beyond Oslo, the Struggle for Palestine

Beyond Oslo, the Struggle for Palestine

Qurei, Ahmed

Salmon fishing in Yemen

Salmon fishing in Yemen

Paul Torday

A History of Modern Lebanon

A History of Modern Lebanon

Fawwaz Traboulsi

The place at the end of the world

The place at the end of the world

Janine Di Giovanni

Struggle And Survival In The Modern Middle East

Struggle And Survival In The Modern Middle East

Edmund Burke

The Southern Gates of Arabia. A Journey in the Hadhramaut

The Southern Gates of Arabia. A Journey in the Hadhramaut

Freya Stark

A History of the Arab Peoples

A History of the Arab Peoples

Albert Habib Hourani

A History of Modern Yemen

A History of Modern Yemen

Paul Dresch

The Dream Palace of the Arabs A Generation's Odyssey

The Dream Palace of the Arabs A Generation's Odyssey

Fouad Ajami

Men in the Sun & Other Palestinian Stories

Men in the Sun & Other Palestinian Stories

Ghassān Kanafānī

Yanomamo - Yanomamö (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)

Yanomamo - Yanomamö (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)

Napoleon A. Chagnon

The Arab World

The Arab World

Allan M. Findlay

The Arab World: Society, Culture and State

The Arab World: Society, Culture and State

Halim Barakat

History of the Arab Peoples

History of the Arab Peoples

Albert Hourani

Means of Escape

Means of Escape

Philip Caputo

The Arabs: Their History, Aims, and Challenge to the Industrialized World

The Arabs: Their History, Aims, and Challenge to the Industrialized World

Thomas Kiernan

Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East

Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East

Philip Shukry Khoury

The Middle East

The Middle East

Dale F. Eickelman

The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies

The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies

Elie Kedourie

The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

Lloyd, Seton

Behind the veil in Arabia

Behind the veil in Arabia

Unni Wikan

Guest of the Sheik

Guest of the Sheik

Elizabeth Warnock