Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab states / Malcolm C. Peck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peck, Malcolm C.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East ; 66.

Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian Gulf States--History--Dictionaries.

Persian Gulf States.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2008.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States comes at a time when the world's attention is riveted on the Middle East. The small states covered in this volume_Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)_possess about 20 percent of the world's total oil reserves. Beyond the strategic and economic importance conferred upon them by their vast oil reserves, the Gulf Arab states are worthy of attention for the inherent interest of their history and culture. No area of the world has yielded more revealing and exciting archaeological finds in the past f

Contents:

Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and acronyms

Chronology

Introduction

The dictionary

Bibliography

About the author.

Notes:

Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Bibliography -- About the author.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-397).

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ISBN:

979-82-16-42154-2

979-82-16-22531-7

1-282-52028-8

9786612520280

0-8108-6416-9

OCLC:

609847067