In the Time of Oil : Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town.

This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this reso.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Limbert, Mandana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Collective memory > Oman > Bahlāʼ.
Islam > Oman > Bahlāʼ.
Social change > Oman > Bahlāʼ.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > Oman > Bahlāʼ.
Mémoire collective > Oman > Bahlā'.
Islam > Oman > Bahlā'.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect social > Oman > Bahlā'.
HISTORY > General.
Collective memory
Islam
Manners and customs
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects
Social change
Ibaditen
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Soziokultureller Wandel
Bürokratie
Gesellschaft > Bahlāʼ (Oman)
Sozialer Wandel > Oman.
Kollektives Gedächtnis > Oman.
Bahlāʼ (Oman) > Social life and customs.
Oman > Bahlāʼ
Oman
Bahlā
Bahlāʼ (Oman) > Sitte und Brauch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this reso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (263 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804774604
0804774609

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