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The Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Quatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman  
Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
ISBN: 0863722296
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This book explains how the Gulf states owe their creation and survival, sometimes against many odds, to forces well beyond the waters of the Gulf. Rosemarie Said Zahlan tells the story of the formation of the states, their evolution from colonial dependency to statehood, their socio-economic transformation by oil, and their stability in the midst of change. She illuminates their relationships with each other, with the wider Arab world, and with the major world powers. The result is an informed and balanced picture of the political, economic, religious and cultural character of the region. It is also a story of the powerful families and their shaikhs who have had to lead their countries so rapidly into the modern world, all the while preserving their own sociopolitical traditions.

     



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