Kuwait : the growth of a historic identity / edited by Ben J. Slot.

Papers presented 19 May, 1995 at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-121) and index.

Map of Kuwait -- I. Kuwait : the Growth of a Historic Identity : 1. First markings on old maps, 16th-18th centuries - 2. The earliest written sources - 3. A desert state on the borders of the Ottoman Empire - 4. The growth of Ottoman influence in the area - 5. The dispute over Kuwait's international status, 1896–1914 -- II. Two 18th-century Sources on Kuwait : Murtada b. 'Ali b. 'Alwan and Carsten Niebuhr : 1. A visit to Kuwait in 1709 - 2. Carsten Niebuhr's travels and his description of Kuwait -- III. Mubarak's Kuwait in Russian and German Policy -- IV. Britain and Kuwait's Borders, 1902-23 : 1. The development of Kuwait as an Ottoman exclusion zone, 1899-1901 - 2. Forging northern territorial limits for Kuwait, 1902-9 - 3. Drawing boundaries for Kuwait, 1908-13 - 4. The survival of the Anglo-Ottoman red and green lines to constitute the boundaries of Kuwait, 1914-23 -- V. Social and Political Developments in Kuwait prior to 1961 : 1. The formation of Kuwait Society, 1700-1950 - 2. The impact of oil on government and society, 1950-61.