Tribal Modern: Branding New Nations in the Arab Gulf

by Miriam Cooke

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In the 1970s, one of the most torrid and forbidding regions in the world burst on to the international stage. The discovery and subsequent exploitation of oil allowed tribal rulers of the U.A.E, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait to dream big. How could fishermen, pearl divers and pastoral nomads catch up with the rest of the modernized world? Even today, society is skeptical about the clash between the modern and the archaic in the Gulf. But could tribal...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520280105

ISBN13:9780520280106

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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