Culture and Customs of Jordan.pdf

CULTURE AND

CUSTOMS OF JORDAN

Jordan. Cartography by Bookcomp, Inc.

CULTURE AND CUSTOMS

OF JORDAN

John A. Shoup

Culture and Customs of the Middle East

Greenwood Press

Westport, Connecticut • London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shoup, John A.

Culture and customs of Jordan / John A. Shoup.

p. cm. — (Culture and customs of the Middle East, ISSN 1550–1310)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–313–33671–7 (alk. paper)

1. Ethnology—Jordan.

2. Jordan—Social life and customs.

I. Title.

GN635.J6S56 2006

306.095695—dc22 2006029541

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006029541

ISBN-10: 0–313–33671–7

ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33671–3

ISSN: 1550–1310

First published in 2007

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.greenwood.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).

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