The establishment of the United Arab Emirates, 1950-85 / Abdullah Omran Taryam.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Maps : The Arab Gulf - The Strait of Hormuz -- 1. Internal and External Influences and their Impact on the Arab Emirates 1950-60 : The British Conquest - Early winds of change ; The Trucial States Council 1952 , Modern education, 1953 , Commercial development of Dubai - Anti-British movements in the 1950s ; The Buraimi dispute , The Inner Oman Revolution , The Bahraini Nationalist Movement - Iranian expansionist ambitions - Fragmentation as a policy -- 2. Oil and the Change in British Policy : Beginning of progress - Political awakening - Impact of the oil wealth - Arab League involvement - The Development Office -- 3. The British Withdrawal Decision and Local, Regional and International Reactions : Reason for the withdrawal decision - Attitudes and reactions ; (i) United States (ii) Saudi Arabia (iii) Iran (iv) The rulers of the emirates (v) The Arab world (vi) The British Conservative Party (vii) The Soviet Union -- 4. The Dubai Agreement and Talks over the Proposed Nine-member Union : The Abu Dhabi-Dubai agreement - The nine-member union scheme - Constitutional differences - Saudi and Iranian attitudes - Proposed constitution -- 5. and Success of the Seven-member Union Failure of Talks about the Nine-member Union : Settlement of the Bahrain question - Resumption of talks - Impact of the British Conservative Party's return to power - The British withdrawal - Emergence of the seven-member union - Iran's seizure of the islands Proclamation of the state of the United Arab Emirates – 6. The Federation of the Emirates and the Conflict Between the Constitutional Structure and Regional Authorities : Features of the provisional Constitution - Establishment of the federal power structures - Bids to consolidate federal versus regional authority - Problems of regionalism and inter-emirate frontier disputes - Committee for a draft permanent constitution - Rejection of the permanent constitution and extension of the provisional constitution - Demand by the Cabinet and National Assembly for more federal powers - UAE joins the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council - Second extension of the provisional constitution 1976-81 – 7. Evaluation of the Economic and Social Development in the United Arab Emirates : The UAE development experiment and its characteristics - Development planning bodies in the UAE - Demographic situation and national and foreign manpower - Achievements under the Union ; Education , Health - Social welfare - Agriculture, animal welfare and fisheries - Electricity and water - Roads, communications and transport - Crude oil and extractive industry - Miscellaneous ; Foreign trade , Banking and insurance , Housing.