The Harim and the Purdah
by Elizabeth Cooper
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About this eBook
- Author
- Cooper, Elizabeth, 1877-1945
- Title
- The Harim and the Purdah: Studies of Oriental Women
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing, Fritz Ohrenschall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
- Subject
- East Asia -- Social life and customs
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 63959
- Release Date
- December 5, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HARIM AND THE PURDAH STUDIES OF ORIENTAL WOMEN
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I EGYPTIAN WOMEN OF THE PAST — The Mohammedan Woman.
- 5.CHAPTER II THE MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMAN
- 6.CHAPTER III MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, POLYGAMY — Social Life of Egyptian Women
- 7.CHAPTER IV THE WOMAN OF THE DESERT
- 8.CHAPTER V INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE
- 9.CHAPTER VI INDIAN HOME LIFE
- 10.CHAPTER VII MARRIAGE—THE GOAL OF WOMAN
- 11.CHAPTER VIII INDIAN MOTHERHOOD
- 12.CHAPTER IX WOMAN’S SORROW
- 13.CHAPTER X HYDERABAD AND THE MOHAMMEDAN WOMAN
- 14.CHAPTER XI MOHAMMEDANISM WITHIN THE ZENANA
- 15.CHAPTER XII BURMAH
- 16.CHAPTER XIII BURMESE RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION
- 17.CHAPTER XIV THE LADY OF CHINA
- 18.CHAPTER XV THE RED CHAIR OF MARRIAGE
- 19.CHAPTER XVI WHEN CHINESE WOMEN DIE
- 20.CHAPTER XVII CHANGING CHINA
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII JAPANESE WOMEN AT HOME
- 22.CONCLUSION
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