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Shaikhdoms of Eastern Arabia

Shaikhdoms of Eastern Arabia

Al-Shahi, A.
Lienhardt, P.

Hardcover

Series: St Antony's

AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0333948114
ISBN13: 9780333948118
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Mar 20 2001
Pages: 257
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.88 Depth: 8.82
Language: English
This pioneering study captures the traditional social, economic and political systems of the Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf. It represents a unique and in-depth insight into the complex and varied cultural patterns of the Arabs, Persians and the people of the East African Coast in the 1950s, before the advent of oil wealth radically altered the style of life and expectations of the people living in these sheikdoms. In a compelling narrative Lienhardt discusses the tribal structure, relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns and the complex relationship between the ruling sheikhs and their subjects. His findings offer a key to the understanding of the political system and the transition from the tribal to the class system. Specialists on the Gulf and Middle East, social historians and anthropologists will find a wealth of new evidence and analysis in this invaluable and accessible combination of history and anthropology.

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