The Persian Gulf States : a general survey /

The Persian Gulf States : a general survey / Alvin J. Cottrell, general editor, C. Edmund Bosworth... [et al.], editors. - 2nd reprinting. - Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980 [reprinted 1981] - xxxiv, 695 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Nomenclature of the Persian Gulf -- PART ONE. THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIAN GULF : 1. The Ancient Period - 2. A.D. 600-1800 - 3. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - 4. British Policy in the Persian Gulf - 5. Geographers of the Persian Gulf - 6. The Political Geography of the Persian Gulf - 7. Military Affairs in the Persian Gulf - 8. International Organizations in the Persian Gulf -- PART TWO. ECONOMICS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF : 9. Oil in the Persian Gulf Area - 10. The Urbanization of the Persian Gulf Nations -- PART THREE. CULTURE: RELIGION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE : 11. Religion and Law - 12. Languages of the Persian Gulf - 13. Literature in Arabic - 14. Persian Literature -- PART FOUR. ARTS AND SOCIETY IN THE PERSIAN GULF : 15. Societies and Social Change in the Persian Gulf - 16. Art in the Persian Gulf - 17. Tribes of the Persian Gulf - 18. Competing Ideologies and Social Structure in the Persian Gulf -- APPENDIXES : A. The Persian Gulf - B. Climate and Oceanography - C. Natural Regions - D. Persian Gulf Islands - E. Mineral Resources - F. Flora - G. Fauna - H. Demography - I. Education - J. Transportation and Communication - K. Industrial Development - L. Agriculture, Fishing, and Pearls -- Index.

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Persian Gulf Region--History.

DS326 / .P47 1981

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