{"product_id":"for-better-for-worse-hanan-kholoussy-9780804769600","title":"For Better, for Worse: The Marriage Crisis That Made Modern Egypt","description":"For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was not British domination or the Great Depression but a \"marriage crisis\" heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. Voicing anxieties over a presumed increase in bachelorhood, Egyptians also used the failings of Egyptian marriage to criticize British rule, unemployment, the disintegration of female seclusion, the influx of women into schools, middle-class materialism, and Islamic laws they deemed incompatible with modernity. \u003ci\u003eFor Better, For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Delving into the vastly different portrayals and practices of marriage in both the press and the Islamic court records, this innovative look at how Egyptians understood marital and civil rights and duties during the early twentieth century offers fresh insights into ongoing debates about nationalism, colonialism, gender, and the family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanan Kholoussy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804769605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804769600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 139","brand":"Hanan Kholoussy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947220926719,"sku":"9780804769600","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a59ae29d-9d6d-4c4c-bd47-d35da352a870.jpg?v=1681517441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-better-for-worse-hanan-kholoussy-9780804769600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}