After the oil discoveries of the early 1930s, Bahrain rapidly
became an oil exporting country with a relatively high income per
capita. More recently Bahrain has succeeded in diversifying its oil
dominated economy by developing regional banking and other
services, and a variety of light and heavy industries. Various
circumstances have combined to make Bahrain a leader among the Arab
Gulf States in the transformation of traditional Arabic tribal
societies into modern social and economic structures. This book,
first published in 1985, in exploring the past, present and
possible futures of Bahrain and the Gulf, attempts to describe the
nature of this transformation. It estimates to what extent Bahrain
has merely an outward appearance of modernity, and explores the
conflicts between the compelling power of modern values and the
pervasive traditional religions. Bahrain is not typical of the Arab
countries of the Gulf; it may, however, serve as a gauge of their
current position and likely future. It will therefore be valuable
to those interested in gaining more insight into the history and
politics of the Middle East during this period of rapid change.
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