Reviews for Elementary statistics

The average rating for Elementary statistics based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-05-27 00:00:00 Zachary Kinnard A fine work of sociological research by an Iranian woman doing research in lower-class neighbourhoods in 1980s Cairo. Hoodfar looks at the way marriages are constructed, and how women try to use marriage and kinship and neighbourhood ties to maximise economic chances. Hoodfar points out that marriage in lower-class Cairo is becoming less "Western" as women insist on detailed marriage contracts and higher bride-gifts from their husbands' families to protect against being left without resources in a society where male employment opportunities have dwindled and the male right to almost at-will divorce remains in law and custom. She also looks at the impact of migration--- the outflow of Egyptian males to jobs in the Gulf ---and how the absence of so many males effects both the age of marriage and the relative status of women within relationships. A well-done and sympathetic look at the "intimate politics" of lower-class marriage and networks in a society where more and more families are left without state support or formal employment opportunities.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-28 00:00:00 William Reynolds I had to read this book for a class, and normally I don't include those books in with my "reading for pleasure" books. But this was a very good book. It is a real look inside the lives of men and women in Cairo. Even though it was an assignment, I enjoyed reading this book very much.