Sultan Qaboos and modern Oman, 1970-2020 / edited by Allen James Fromherz and Abdulrahman Al-Salimi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fromherz, Allen James, editor.

Al-Salimi, Abdulrahman, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qabus bin Said, Sultan of Oman, 1940-2020.

Qabus bin Said.

Oman--History--20th century.

Oman.

Oman--History--21st century.

Oman--Social life and customs--20th century.

Oman--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 476 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Explores the social, cultural, legal and religious changes that occurred in Oman during the reign of Sultan Qaboos.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Sultan Qaboos, Omani Society, and the "Blessed Renaissance", 1979-2020

1 The Legacy of Sultan Qaboos: A Historiographical Note

2 Prehistoric Interactions between Oman and the Indus Civilization: Projecting the Past in the Present

3 The Land of Frankincense: Dhofari Sites as National and World Heritage

4 The Multiple Legacies of Sultan Qaboos: Heritage and Omani Nation-building

5 Stamps as Messengers of the Renaissance: The Postal Issues of Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos

6 From the First Renaissance to the Second: The Historical and Legal Basis for the Sultanate

7 The Interpretation of Islam under Sultan Qaboos

8 In the Middle of a Reign

9 Constitutional Reforms during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos

10 Nation and State in Oman: The Initial Impact of 1970

11 Literature in Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos

12 Public Health and the Omani Renaissance

13 Beyond the Horizon and Back: The Sultan Qaboos Scholarship

14 Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman

15 Duqm and Salalah: Oman's Ports and Special Economic Zones

16 Greening Oman: Islamic Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Post-oil Futures

17 Omani Peacemaking and Middle East Crises in the 2010s: Sultan Qaboos' Last Decade

18 "Friend to All, Enemy to None": Oman's Quiet Diplomacy since 1970

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2024).

ISBN:

1-3995-1870-4

1-4744-9348-3

1-4744-9349-1

OCLC:

1325649559