Shaikhdoms of eastern Arabia / Peter Lienhardt ; edited by Ahmed Al-Shahi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lienhardt, Peter.

Contributor:

Al-Shahi, Ahmed.

Series:

St. Antony's series (Palgrave (Firm))

St. Antony's series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

United Arab Emirates--Social conditions--20th century.

United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

xx, 257 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave ; Oxford :b In association with St. Antony's College, 2001.

Summary:

In this perceptive analysis of the Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf, Peter Lienhardt discusses the common social patterns manifest in their tribal structure, the relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns, and the complex relationship between the ruling shaikhs and their subjects. The advent of oil wealth radically altered the economic and social conditions of the region, but the sheikhs have continued to play an important political role in their modern states.

Contents:

1 The Political Complex 1

Foreign protection and the extent of local autonomy 1

Instability and structure 16

The complex of the desert and the sea 24

2 Women and Men 33

3 The Bedouin 80

4 Towns and Maritime Activities 114

Fishing 125

Merchant seafaring 136

Pearl fishing 150

5 The Shaikhly Families 165

6 The Shaikhs and Their People 194.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Oxford University, 1957.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index.

ISBN:

0333948114

OCLC:

45603963