An Arabian utopia :
Hamilton, Alastair, 1941-
An Arabian utopia : the western discovery of Oman / by Alastair Hamilton. - London : Oxford ; New York : Arcadian Library ; In association with Oxford University Press, 2010. - 252 p. : ill. ; 33 cm. - Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 5 . - Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 5 .
BellslotCollection
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-238) and index.
Chapter One. The Land of Heat, Perfumes and Sailors : From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- Chapter Two. The 'Good Towns' of the Coast : The Portuguese Occupation of Oman -- Chapter Three. The New Era : Independence and Foreign Wooers -- Chapter Four. An Arabian Utopia : Enlightened Impressions -- Chapter Five. The Growing Friendship : The British and Oman -- Chapter Six. “ The Wealthiest and Most Popular Prince Throughout Arabia' : Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman -- Chapter Seven. Imperialism and Humanitarianism : The Attraction of Zanzibar -- Chapter Eight. The Palinurus Period : The Exploration of the Omani Coast and Interior -- Chapter Nine. The Unpenetrated Country : Muscat and its Inaccessible Hinterland -- Chapter Ten. The ' Dearth of Information' Remedied : Scholarly Discoveries -- Chapter Eleven. A World Unchanged : The Appeal of Exoticism -- Chapter Twelve. Arcadia in the South : The Exploration of Dhufar.
9780199581603
Oman--Discovery and exploration.
Oman--History.
Oman--Relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Relations--Oman.
DS247.O65 / H36 2010
An Arabian utopia : the western discovery of Oman / by Alastair Hamilton. - London : Oxford ; New York : Arcadian Library ; In association with Oxford University Press, 2010. - 252 p. : ill. ; 33 cm. - Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 5 . - Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 5 .
BellslotCollection
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-238) and index.
Chapter One. The Land of Heat, Perfumes and Sailors : From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- Chapter Two. The 'Good Towns' of the Coast : The Portuguese Occupation of Oman -- Chapter Three. The New Era : Independence and Foreign Wooers -- Chapter Four. An Arabian Utopia : Enlightened Impressions -- Chapter Five. The Growing Friendship : The British and Oman -- Chapter Six. “ The Wealthiest and Most Popular Prince Throughout Arabia' : Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman -- Chapter Seven. Imperialism and Humanitarianism : The Attraction of Zanzibar -- Chapter Eight. The Palinurus Period : The Exploration of the Omani Coast and Interior -- Chapter Nine. The Unpenetrated Country : Muscat and its Inaccessible Hinterland -- Chapter Ten. The ' Dearth of Information' Remedied : Scholarly Discoveries -- Chapter Eleven. A World Unchanged : The Appeal of Exoticism -- Chapter Twelve. Arcadia in the South : The Exploration of Dhufar.
9780199581603
Oman--Discovery and exploration.
Oman--History.
Oman--Relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Relations--Oman.
DS247.O65 / H36 2010