A history of modern Oman / Jeremy Jones, Nicholas Ridout.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xii, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107009400
  • 1107009405
  • 9781107402027
  • 1107402026
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 953.53 23
LOC classification:
  • DS247.O68 J66 2015
Contents:
Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation, 1932-1959 -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation, 1980-2000 -- Oman in the twenty-first century.
Summary: This book combines recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on post-colonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.--From publisher description.
Item type: BOOK
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation, 1932-1959 -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation, 1980-2000 -- Oman in the twenty-first century.

This book combines recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on post-colonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.--From publisher description.