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050		0	_aDS326 _b.P47 1981
245	0	4	_aThe Persian Gulf States : _ba general survey / _cAlvin J. Cottrell, general editor, C. Edmund Bosworth... [et al.], editors.
250			_a2nd reprinting.
260			_aBaltimore ; _aLondon : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c1980 [reprinted 1981]
300			_axxxiv, 695 p. : _bill., maps ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe Nomenclature of the Persian Gulf -- PART ONE. THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIAN GULF : 1. The Ancient Period - 2. A.D. 600-1800 - 3. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - 4. British Policy in the Persian Gulf - 5. Geographers of the Persian Gulf - 6. The Political Geography of the Persian Gulf - 7. Military Affairs in the Persian Gulf - 8. International Organizations in the Persian Gulf -- PART TWO. ECONOMICS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF : 9. Oil in the Persian Gulf Area - 10. The Urbanization of the Persian Gulf Nations -- PART THREE. CULTURE: RELIGION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE : 11. Religion and Law - 12. Languages of the Persian Gulf - 13. Literature in Arabic - 14. Persian Literature -- PART FOUR. ARTS AND SOCIETY IN THE PERSIAN GULF : 15. Societies and Social Change in the Persian Gulf - 16. Art in the Persian Gulf - 17. Tribes of the Persian Gulf - 18. Competing Ideologies and Social Structure in the Persian Gulf -- APPENDIXES : A. The Persian Gulf - B. Climate and Oceanography - C. Natural Regions - D. Persian Gulf Islands - E. Mineral Resources - F. Flora - G. Fauna - H. Demography - I. Education - J. Transportation and Communication - K. Industrial Development - L. Agriculture, Fishing, and Pearls -- Index.
651		0	_aPersian Gulf Region _xHistory.
700	1		_aCottrell, Alvin J.
700	1		_aBosworth, C. Edmund.
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