Martha Mundy is a Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She is the author of 'Domestic Government: Kinship, Community and Polity in North Yemen' (IB Tauris, 1995). Richard Saumarez Smith is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Beirut.

"An important interdisciplinary work, whose publication will make a significant contribution not only to Ottoman and Middle East history but also to our understanding of the complex dynamics of social change in the modern era.' - Professor Engin Akarl, Brown University"

Martha Mundy is a Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She is the author of 'Domestic Government: Kinship, Community and Polity in North Yemen' (IB Tauris, 1995). Richard Saumarez Smith is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Beirut.

"An important interdisciplinary work, whose publication will make a significant contribution not only to Ottoman and Middle East history but also to our understanding of the complex dynamics of social change in the modern era.' - Professor Engin Akarl, Brown University"

Martha Mundy is a Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She is the author of 'Domestic Government: Kinship, Community and Polity in North Yemen' (IB Tauris, 1995). Richard Saumarez Smith is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Beirut.

"An important interdisciplinary work, whose publication will make a significant contribution not only to Ottoman and Middle East history but also to our understanding of the complex dynamics of social change in the modern era.' - Professor Engin Akarl, Brown University"