ABSTRACT

First published in 2005. Informed by the author's extensive fieldwork in Iraq, this work is an invaluable resource for all those interested in the anthropology of Iraq. Providing the reader first with important background information about the geography and climate of Iraq, the author goes on to give a detailed account of its peoples, presenting information on their physical characteristics and health in clear prose as well as in numerous readable tables. The work is supplemented by appendices which describe Iraq's mammals, insects and plants.

chapter I|4 pages

Introduction

chapter II|15 pages

The Land and the People

chapter IV|16 pages

Additional Anthropometric Data from Iraq

chapter |3 pages

A. The Population of Iraq

chapter |4 pages

B. Land Tenure in Iraq

chapter C|12 pages

Notes on General Health of the Kish Arabs

chapter |7 pages

F. Mammals from Iraq

part |2 pages

G. Notes on Insects from Iraq

chapter |33 pages

H. Plants Collected by the Expedition

part |1 pages

Glossary

chapter |5 pages

Bibliography

chapter |21 pages

Indexes

chapter |48 pages

Plates