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050		0	_aDS247.O65 _bH36 2010
100	1		_aHamilton, Alastair, _d1941-
245	1	3	_aAn Arabian utopia : _bthe western discovery of Oman / _cby Alastair Hamilton.
260			_aLondon : _bArcadian Library ; _aOxford ; _aNew York : _bIn association with Oxford University Press, _c2010.
300			_a252 p. : _bill. ; _c33 cm.
490	1		_aStudies in the Arcadian Library ; _vno. 5
500			_aBellslotCollection
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 228-238) and index.
505	0		_aChapter 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.
651		0	_aOman _xDiscovery and exploration.
651		0	_aOman _xHistory.
651		0	_aOman _xRelations _zWestern countries.
651		0	_aWestern countries _xRelations _zOman.
830		0	_aStudies in the Arcadian Library ; _lno. 5
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