Arabia and the Gulf : from traditional society to modern states : essays in honour of M.A. Shaban's 60th birthday (16th November 1986) / edited by Ian Richard Netton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Croom Helm, 1986.Description: xviii, 279 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0709918348
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS204 .A73 1986
Contents:
Part One. The Roots of Traditional Society : Arabia Felix ; Israelites, Jews and Christians - 2. The Desert and the Sown in Eastern Arabian History - 3. Arabia and the Pilgrim Paradigm of Ibn Battuta ; a Braudelian Approach - 4. Some Western Views of the Arab Gulf - 5. Hispano-Arabic Historiography ; the Legacy of J.A. Conde -- Part Two. The Political, Social and Cultural Evolution of the Gulf : 6. Wahhabite Polity - 7. Saudi Arabia ; Political and Social Evolution - 8. Hashemite Iraq and Pahlavi Iran - 9. One Yemen or Two? - 10. Oman ; Change or Continuity? - 11. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates ; Political and Social Evolution - 12. Bahrain in Transition - 13. Human Resources in the Gulf - 14. Language Development in the Gulf ; Lexical Interference of English in the Gulf Dialects - 15. Cities of Salt ; a Literary View of the Theme of Oil and change in the Gulf - 16. Oil ; Current Trends and Future Prospects - 17. Women and the Law in the United Arab Emirates -- Maps: Ibn Battuta itineraries in Arabia.
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Includes index.

Part One. The Roots of Traditional Society : Arabia Felix ; Israelites, Jews and Christians - 2. The Desert and the Sown in Eastern Arabian History - 3. Arabia and the Pilgrim Paradigm of Ibn Battuta ; a Braudelian Approach - 4. Some Western Views of the Arab Gulf - 5. Hispano-Arabic Historiography ; the Legacy of J.A. Conde -- Part Two. The Political, Social and Cultural Evolution of the Gulf : 6. Wahhabite Polity - 7. Saudi Arabia ; Political and Social Evolution - 8. Hashemite Iraq and Pahlavi Iran - 9. One Yemen or Two? - 10. Oman ; Change or Continuity? - 11. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates ; Political and Social Evolution - 12. Bahrain in Transition - 13. Human Resources in the Gulf - 14. Language Development in the Gulf ; Lexical Interference of English in the Gulf Dialects - 15. Cities of Salt ; a Literary View of the Theme of Oil and change in the Gulf - 16. Oil ; Current Trends and Future Prospects - 17. Women and the Law in the United Arab Emirates -- Maps: Ibn Battuta itineraries in Arabia.

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