A History of Modern Oman

ISBN-13: 9781107009400 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 304 str.

Jeremy Jones; Nicholas Ridout

Opis

This book combines recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from close analysis of Oman's politics and international relations.

Recenzje

'… its detail-rich narrative deepens our understanding of Oman's religious, economic, political, and social specificities in the regional context of the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East. Scholars and people interested in Middle East history will enjoy A History of Modern Oman - one of the few accounts of Omani history during both the long nineteenth century and the Cold War - at a time when we need more scholarship to understand a regions that undergoing so many changes.' Guillemette Crouzet, Arab Studies Journal

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Oman and the Al Bu Said; 2. Oman, Zanzibar and empire; 3. Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab nahda; 4. The Sultanate as nation; 5. Dhofar; 6. Oil, government and security, 1955–80; 7. Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalization, 1980–2000; 8. Oman in the twenty-first century.