Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions
Based on interviews and field research, the authors explore the sets of ideas Arab tribespeople from Ras Al-Khaimah had about tribe and community; social and economic networks, and jural contracts for livelihoods and profits; their uses of their environments; the moral relations of credit, debt and labour; ruling; economic and political transformations; and ideas of regional history where conflicts were regarded as disputes over sets of ideas, and informal accounts of tribal and local histories. Published sources give a wider context to these ideas and events which show the great complexity and differing perspectives of 'life before oil' in the Gulf
Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004), n.F., Bd. 25, Neue Folge, Bd. 25
Electronic books
1 online resource (xiv, 607 pages) : illustrations, maps
9783110223408, 9781283398763, 9783110223392, 9786613398765, 3110223406, 1283398761, 3110223392, 6613398764
763160662
Social matters : infrastructure, premises & practices
Sea people, Ahl al-Bahr : livelihoods and profits
Coastal plains & sands : livelihoods & profits
Mountain living : Ru'us al-Jibal
Mountain living : western Hajar
Distribution of produce & services
Ruling and rulers
What happened to turn our world upside-down?
Back to history
English
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