Arabia and the Gulf : From Traditional Society to Modern States: Essays in Honour of M.A. Shaban's 60th Birthday (16th November 1986) (Paperback)

Part 1. The Roots of Traditional Society 1. Arabia Felix: Israelites, Jews and Christians J.R. Porter 2. The Desert and the Sown in Eastern Arabian History Hugh Kennedy 3. Arabia and the Pilgrim Paradigm of Ibn Battuta: a Braudelian Approach Ian Richard Netton 4. Some Western Views of the Arab Gulf Paul Auchterlonie 5. Hispano-Arabic Historiography: the Legacy of J.A. Conde Richard Hitchcock Part 2. The Political, Social and Cultural Evolution of the Gulf 6. Wahhabite Polity Aziz al-Azmeh 7. Saudi Arabia: Political and Social Evolution Keith McLachlan 8. Hashemite Iraq and Pahlavi Iran Anthony Parsons 9. One Yemen or Two? Michael Adams 10. Oman: Change or Continuity? B.R. Pridham 11. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Political and Social Evolution Glen Balfour-Paul 12. Bahrain in Transition Anthony Parsons 13. Human Resources in the Gulf Roger Webster 14. Language Development in the Gulf: Lexical Interference of English in the Gulf Dialects J.R. Smart 15. Cities of Salt: a Literary View of the Theme of Oil and Change in the Gulf Rasheed El-Enany 16. Oil: Current Trends and Future Prospects Walid Khadduri 17. Women and the Law in the United Arab Emirates Doreen Hinchcliffe