PrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Note about Arabic 1: Method 2: The Nature of Honor 3: The Sense of Honor The Variety of Meanings of the Word 'Honor' The History of the Word 'Honor' The Collapse of Honor 4: Horizontal and Vertical Honor 5: Reflexive Honor 6: The Mediterranean 7: Honor and the Law 8: How to Do Things with Honor The Home The Guarantee Protection 9: Types of Bedouin Honor10: Women11: Dishonor12: Bedouin-European Contrasts Honor and Stratification Honor and Obligations Honor and Violence 'Honor' and 'Ird'13: ConclusionAppendix 1: The History of the Idea of Honor as a RightAppendix 2: IcelandBibliographyIndex