An Arabian utopia : the western discovery of Oman / by Alastair Hamilton.
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TextSeries: Studies in the Arcadian LibraryPublication details: London : Arcadian Library ; Oxford ; New York : In association with Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 252 p. : ill. ; 33 cmISBN: - 9780199581603
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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.
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