8vo. xi, 317 pp., 1 folding map, 1 folding chart, numerous tables, publisher’s wrappers, biblio, appendices, damp stain affecting lower margin of last 100 pages, pages 142-143 soiled with glue at top margin, top outer edge of pages 261-317 lightly damaged without any loss to text, light damp stain affecting blank top margin of last few leaves, otherwise copy in fairly good condition, publications of the American University of Beirut, Social Sciences Series No. 5, American Press, Beirut, first edition, 1933.