Saudi Arabia's urban revolution : oil urbanization and protest in al-Ahsa'/the Eastern Province / by Claudia Ghrawi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghrawi, Claudia, Author.

Series:

Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; volume 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Saudi Arabia--Sharqīyah (Province)--History.

Urbanization.

Urbanization--Saudi Arabia--Hasa (Province)--History.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Saudi Arabia--Sharqīyah (Province).

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Saudi Arabia--Sharqīyah (Province).

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.

Urbanization--History.

Saudi Arabia.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"This book discusses popular contention in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (until 1952 the governorate of al-Ahsa') under the aegis of petro-capitalism. The notion of urban revolution takes on a double meaning, namely the rapid urbanisation which broke with the region's urban past and destroyed the oasis environment and merchant economy, and the types of resistance and rebellious fervour that were triggered by the concentration of labour and industrial production in the new urban centres. The book uses archival sources from the United States, Great Britain, and Saudi Arabia as well as accounts of Saudi oil workers, activists, and other contemporaries"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Ghrawi, Claudia Saudi Arabia's urban revolution

ISBN:

9789004735507

900473550X

OCLC:

1514886485

Publisher Number:

CIPO000287600