Beschreibung:
This book combines recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from close analysis of Oman's politics and international relations.
Introduction; 1. Oman and the Al Bu Said; 2. Oman, Zanzibar and empire; 3. Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab nahda; 4. The Sultanate as nation; 5. Dhofar; 6. Oil, government and security, 1955¿80; 7. Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalization, 1980¿2000; 8. Oman in the twenty-first century.