Arabian Oasis City : The Transformation of 'Unayzah /

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Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in Saudi Arabia since that oil boom, Arabian Oasis City is also the first to document those changes. Based on extensive interviews and participant observat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Altorki, Soraya (Autor), Cole, Donald P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
°Unayzah (Saudi Arabia) > Economic conditions > Case studies.
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Study and Its Setting
  • Part One: Political Autonomy, Domestically Organized Production, and Mercantile Trade
  • 1. The Autonomous Amirate
  • 2. The Old Agriculture
  • 3. Craft Production and the Old Market
  • 4. Caravans and Long-Distance Trade
  • Part Two: Provincial City within a New State and the Development of Capitalist Social Formations
  • 5. Development of the New State and Education
  • 6. Occupational Change and New Institutions
  • Part Three: Economic Boom and Transformation
  • 7. The Economic Boom, Expatriates, and Local Development
  • 8. The Market Today
  • 9. The New Agriculture
  • 10. Salaried Employment and Its Social Impact
  • 11. Changing Patterns of Social Life
  • 12. Analysis and Conclusion
  • Glossary of Arabic Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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