Oman : the modernization of the sultanate / Calvin H. Allen, Jr.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge library editions ; Volume 14 | Routledge library editions. GulfPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016Description: 154 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781138184251
- 113818425X
- DS247 .O65 A59 2016
Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STACKS | DS247 .O65 A59 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197013206 |
"First published in 1987 in Great Britain by Croom Helm Ltd."
"First published in 1987 the USA by Westview Press, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-441) and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes to the Reader; 1 Land and People; The Land; Society and Culture; Traditional Economy; Crafts, Arts, and Literature; 2 Ancient and Medieval History; Magan and Mazun; The Early Islamic Period; The Ibadi Imamate; Sohar and Qalhat; The Portuguese; 3 Oman's Imperial Age; The Ya'aribah; Civil War and the A1 Bu Sa'id Imamate, 1719-1785; The Sayyids of Muscat, 1785-1829; Omani Dissatisfaction, 1829-1868; 4 Imamate and Sultanate; The Imamate of Azzan b. Qais
Restoration of the SultanateImamate and Sultanate; 5 Challenges to Unity; The Restoration Movement; The Dhofar War; The Coup of 1970 and Victory in Dhofar; 6 Political Development; Government to 1970; Establishment of the New Government, 1970-1972; Formal Government; Political Dynamics; Defense and Security; 7 Economic and Social Development; Economic and Social Development to 1967; Beginnings of Change, 1967-1975; Petroleum and Minerals; Agriculture, Fisheries, and Industry; Education; Health Care Services; Social Change; 8 Oman and the World; Early Diplomatic History
Anglo-French Rivalry and British HegemonyBorder Problems and the Oman Question; Foreign Affairs Since 1970; 9 Oman to 2000; Domestic Affairs; International Affairs; Bibliographic Essay; Glossary of Foreign Words; Index