Although the Arabian Peninsula is the heartland of Islam and of the
Arab world, for decades it did not receive the attention it
deserves from scholars and writers. The School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, and the Middle East Centre
of St Antony's College, Oxford, jointly organized a series of
seminars, culminating in a conference at which the papers in this
volume (first published in 1972) were discussed. Together they
constitute an authoritative statement of our present knowledge of
several areas of the Peninsula, with particular emphasis on the
Gulf States. Three chapters trace the history of Oman from
pre-Islamic times to the recent past, and in so doing emphasize the
theme of continuing conflict between sultan and imam. Other
chapters examine the Gulf and the Peninsula from the standpoint of
inter-Arab and of international relations. The third section of the
book is devoted to a discussion of the increasing rate of social
change in the area, and the final section deals with problems of
oil and state and of economic development.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East |
| Release date: |
July 2015 |
| First published: |
1972 |
| Editors: |
Derek Hopwood
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-91904-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-138-91904-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781138919044 |
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